KARACHI: As the Balochistan situation continues to worsen, the tribal chieftains have become irrelevant there and the youth who have taken over resent the treatment they have been getting from the government for the past many years, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chief here on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference held in […]
LAHORE: Designating the World Human Rights Day, which fell on Saturday, as a day for the rights of Baloch people, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan held a candlelit vigil. Distributing leaflets among people, the HRCP informed the public that 107 cases of enforced disappearance had been reported in Balochistan in 2011, and the ‘missing […]
By: Mian Dawood LAHORE — It was perhaps most painful moment for a poor mother when an investigation officer (IO) of Narowaal police declared her two minor daughters who were abducted about two month ago in the court as loose character girls. An IO submitted his investigation report before Lahore High Court Justice Abdul Waheed […]
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that role of women especially girl students is of vital importance to national development and the goal of rapid progress and prosperity of the country can be achieved through their empowerment. He said that Punjab government is utilising all available resources for this purpose. He also announced setting […]
LAHORE: A CONSTITUTIONAL petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, praying to eliminate reserved seats in the National and Provincial assemblies for women and direct the Election Commission to hold election on the reserved seats. Advocate Tariq Aziz filed the petition and stated that 188 women parliamentarians were sitting in the assemblies after being […]
By Nasir Iqbal Khattak KARAK: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a young man as he came out of a court in Takht Nusrati after the proceedings of the alleged gang rape of his sister in Karak on Friday. Alamzeb Khattak, 24, had steadfastly supported his sister`s fight for justice in the face of threats and unrelenting […]
A vicious propaganda is being carried out on the media against President Zardari in the wake of his departure to Dubai for a routine medical check-up. It seems that many Dr Goebbles are present in our era with the same irrational approach. They are using this platform for hate-mongering. There is a freedom of expression […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launched Observatory Annual Report 2011 on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders at a local hotel on Thursday. HRCP Chairperson Zohra Yusaf, HRCP Director IA Rehman and Salima Hashmi were present on the occasion. According to the report, in the year 2010-2011, extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances […]
KARACHI: Two women were kidnapped, raped, killed and then dumped in the Steel Town police limits, officials claimed on Thursday. Though the bodies remained unidentified, officials said that both women were approximately 30 to 40 years of age. A passer-by saw the bodies and informed the police, after which a police mobile shifted the bodies […]
ISLAMABAD: The people of Indian Held Kashmir are being treated like slaves as they are not allowed to perform their religious rituals, said Chairman Kashmir Committee, Senator Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman. Commenting on ban of Muharram processions in Occupied Kashmir, he said, before winning the membership of the United Nation Council on Human Rights, India had pledged […]
KARACHI: A suspect who had allegedly raped a six-year-old girl has been given in police custody till December 12. The suspect, Ayaz Khan, was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate (West) Afzal Roshan on Thursday and remanded in police custody till December 12 for further interrogation and a medical examination to be conducted as […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has dedicated this year’s Human Rights Day for expressing solidarity with the people of Balochistan. The Human Rights (HR) Day is to be observed on Saturday. The representatives of the HRCP say that Balochistan stands out for more than one reason. Rampant injustice, enforced disappearances, dumped bodies and […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Women Development Department (SWDD) has registered 920 cases of different crimes against women during the past two years at five of its complaint centres in the province, said Minister Tauqir Fatima Bhutto on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, the minister for women development said the centres functioning in Karachi, Hyderabad, Benazirabad […]
Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was gunned down in Jamrud on Thursday. Sources said two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Zarteef Khan Afridi while he was on his way to a government school where he worked as headmaster. He was taken to the […]
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