ISLAMABAD: There are very few chances to resolve issues between countries at international forums, so a trend has emerged to resolve such issues at regional forums because of similar culture, languages and history. Countries of South Asia should also establish a South Asian mechanism to deal with issues, especially those pertaining to human rights. This […]
LARKANA: A fact-finding committee of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Qambar-Shahdadkot core group, said on Wednesday that the police raid on a house in Lalurounk town on May 26 was carried out in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. A 60-year-old woman, Lasham Khatoon, and her son, Chakar Solangi, were shot dead […]
LAHORE: Expressing concern over the abduction and murder of Jeay Sindh Mutahidda Mahaz (JSMM) activist Muneer Cholyani, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Tuesday the incident appeared to be the continuation of a disturbing trend in Sindh where individuals affiliated with nationalist groups and political parties were being targeted. In a statement, […]
LARKANA: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Qambar-Shahdadkot chapter, on Sunday condemned the killing of a woman and her son during a police raid on their house a day earlier, and demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident. In a statement, Murad Pindrani, the district coordinator of the HRCP core group, said that the […]
KARACHI: Journalist bodies and civil society organisations on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Geo TV and vowed to resist any move to shut down the TV channel. They also expressed concerns at the divisions among the media houses that have weakened the movement for the freedom of the Press and the freedom of expression.The Joint Action […]
SUKKUR: If people are forced to convert or marry then it creates a different situation as that is not allowed in any religion or by the law, said advocate Mukesh Kumar Karira while speaking at a workshop organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in Sukkur on Thursday. While discussing forced conversions and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over a malicious campaign seeking to close down Geo, saying that such a negative movement is a threat to media freedom. In a strong statement issued on Monday, the commission said: “HRCP can no longer stay silent on the malicious campaign unleashed against Geo […]
LARKANA: To condemn the brutal murder of HRCP’s Multan task force coordinator Rashid Rehman, activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Progressive Youth Commission and other rights bodies took out a procession in Shahdadkot on Sunday. Carrying banners and placards, the protesters led by Abdul Wahab Pandrani and Murad Pandrani marched on the main […]
It is easy to talk about media ethics, very difficult to practise them — ever since I have started to lecture in an honorary capacity with the Coalition for Ethical Journalism in Pakistan, this is the standard response I get when interacting with fellow practitioners. I think the only reason many journalists listen to me […]
MULTAN: Police prepared the sketch of the two assailants on Friday who shot dead Rashid Rahman, lawyer and coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP’s) special task force, on Wednesday at the HRCP office near Kutchery Chowk, Superintendent of Police (SP) Saifullah told Dawn. Advocate Nadeem Parvaz, one of Rashid’s colleagues, and client […]
LAHORE: The Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) has strongly condemned the assassination of the veteran human rights activist and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Coordinator in South Punjab Region Rashid Rehman in Multan on May 7 on Wednesday. The CHRE in a press statement issued on Thursday said Rashid Rehman was getting life […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan is deeply grieved at the killing of its Multan Task Force Coordinator, advocate Rashid Rahman. Rashid was a committed rights activist and lawyer and had been associated with HRCP for over 20 years. It must be recalled that on April 10, through a statement, the commission had brought […]
MULTAN: Senior lawyer Rashid Rehman Khan, Special Task Force Coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, was killed and two other people were injured in an attack at the HRCP office near Kutchery Chowk on Wednesday night. Mr Khan was in the office along with a colleague, Advocate Nadeem Parvaz, and assistant Afzal Hussain […]
LAHORE: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jehangir has supported an independent and free media and said she is opposed to a ban on any TV channel or newspaper. Addressing a dinner for the members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and participants of the Women Journalists Convention on Sunday, […]
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