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HRCP raps Faisalabad violence

Pakistan Press Foundation

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over Monday’s violent clashes in Faisalabad and criticised the authorities for not doing enough to maintain law and order as well as failing to constructively engage the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf through a dialogue. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the commission said: “HRCP is saddened […]


Banned outfit`s threats did not affect polls`

Pakistan Press Foundation

KARACHI: Threats issued by banned outfit did not affect the results of May 11, 2013 general elections and media played a positive role in covering the polls, said speakers at a moot. They said at a roundtable discussion on `politics of conflict` organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation here the other day that before May […]


Women vote: a male contest

Pakistan Press Foundation

ON March 31, in an unprecedented move two women — Badam Zari from Bajaur and Nusrat Begum from Lower Dir — filed nomination papers for the election. A former district vice president with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Nusrat Begum is the first woman candidate from Lower Dir, a district where women voters were often barred in […]