ISLAMABAD: Less than a month after Pakistan lost a seat in the top United Nations human rights body, the PML-N government has restored the ministry of human rights which it had merged with the ministry of law and justice after coming to power in 2013. The major tasks for the ‘reactivated’ ministry of human rights […]
IT was in May 2012 that an act was passed for the establishment of a National Commission on Human Rights. The process of setting up the NCHR has been slow but it is better late than never in a country that has a history of political parties in government attempting to undo the initiatives of […]
By: Jamal Khurshid Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday expressed its displeasure over the ministry of human rights’ allegedly indifferent attitude towards the welfare of missing persons’ families and observed that it was the duty of the state to protect the life and property of the citizens. The court was hearing the petition […]
By: Gulmina Bilal Ahmad Police in Pakistan have always been considered as an organisation surrounded by controversies and allegations Today, I write about outsourcing of a different kind. Over the years, with the mushrooming of non-governmental organisations, governance it seems has been outsourced to NGOs. On any given day, hotels are booked by NGOs conducting […]
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