Karachi: Journalists in Pakistan are faced with grave dangers and challenges everyday but their dedication to the job remains admirably unwavering. This was stated by United States Consul General Brian Heath during a visit to the Karachi Press Club on Friday in which he donated three computers, networking equipment and printer systems to improve facilities […]
KARACHI: Referring to the famous phrase ‘man is born free but everywhere he is in chains,’ University of Karachi faculty of law dean Justice (retd) Dr Ghaus Muhammad said that Pakistan was born free but most Pakistanis are in chains. He said this while speaking at a seminar titled ‘A Call for Re-engineering the Public […]
Karachi: Political parties’ representatives, civil society organisations and associations of human, women and labour rights, on Thursday, called for the need to conceive measures to end human rights excesses, rampant in Pakistan against minorities, women and other vulnerable sections of the society. The exhortations were made during a seminar, ‘A call for re-engineering the public […]
HYDERABAD: Civil society organisations and nationalist parties in parts of Sindh held various programmes to mark the International Human Rights Day on Thursday. In Hyderabad, rights activists took out a procession under the banner of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Hyderabad special task force. Carrying banners and placards, and shouting slogans in favour […]
KARACHI: Pakistan is trying to do more for human rights but international covenants of United Nations have not been practically implemented. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Zohra Yusuf pointed this out while talking to The Express Tribune. Today’s Human Rights Day marks the 50 years of the United Nation’s International Covenant on Civil […]
ISLAMABAD: Over 40 per cent of girls in Pakistan are married before their 18th birthday and out of these, seven per cent below the age of 15, which is a violation of fundamental rights of the children, says a documentary. Mutual consent is a must in a marriage, a group of rights activists and policymakers […]
PESHAWAR: Human rights organisations will hold a sit-in on Wednesday (today) after they failed to receive a positive response from the government and United Nations on policy to protect the rights of people who are transgender. The sit-in will take place on Sher Shah Suri Road outside Peshawar Press Club. An alliance of TransAction, Blue […]
Islamabad – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has stressed the need for protecting the basic human rights of Pakistani deportees from European countries. He was talking to German Ambassador in Pakistan Ina Lepel at the Punjab House on Friday. Pakistan-German relations, bilateral cooperation, the Pak-EU agreement on readmission of migrants, a new policy for […]
Lahore – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and dismay over Pakistan voting last week against a United Nations General Assembly resolution that called for recognising the role of human rights defenders (HRDs) and the need for their protection. In a statement issued yesterday, the Commission said: “HRCP welcomes the passing […]
ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded the government formulate a comprehensive policy to mitigate the troubles faced by citizens due to displacements. “Pakistan has seen displacements since its inception and the matter continues to become worse as the time passes but there is still no displacement policy,” said I.A. Rehman, the HRCP […]
KARACHI: The transgender do not want to dance on the streets or beg for money, claimed Bindiya Rana. Accept us as equal humans and provide us chances for employment, she demanded. Rana, who is the president of the Gender Interactive Alliance – an organisation working for the rights of transgenders – insisted that the transgender […]
LAHORE: Hard facts and personal experiences detailing patriarchy, oppression, and subjugation that perpetuate violence against women and communities with different identities were presented at the international conference of Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation (WELDD) programme here on Monday. It was organised by Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre where the rights activists shared […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday stressed the need for empowering women. Sharif was speaking to a delegation from Shirkatgah, an NGO working for the protection of women’s rights. Farida Shaheed, the Shirkatgah executive director, led the delegation. The chief minister said that in 2012 the provincial government had announced a comprehensive policy for […]
QUETTA: Organisers of Civil Society of Balochistan have demanded better facilities for disabled people in Balochistan. December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities and it will mark the occasion as a starting point to lobby for the rights of disabled people in Balochistan, an organiser of the society, Sami Zarkoon said. […]
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