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The SC disposed of 187,754 HR cases under CJ

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ISLAMABAD: Giving an exceptional performance, the Supreme Court of Pakistan under Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry decided 187,754 out of a total of 232,265 human rights cases, an astounding 80 percent. These cases were in addition to 114 suo moto notices disposed of relating to problems and difficulties faced by the common people during his […]


Human rights cases on decline, claims minister

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ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that there had been a decline in human rights cases registered in all provinces except Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the last two years. The minister said that 12,884 cases had been registered since 2011 at four regional offices of the human […]


Rights cases remain focus of Peshawar High Court in 2012

By: Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: The human rights cases remained the focus of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) in 2012 as through the court’s efforts over 900 missing persons were released while around 1,000 — allegedly detained and charged in terrorist activities by the law-enforcing agencies — were shifted to the government’s notified internment centres in […]