Karachi: The Sindh government would set up governing boards at public hospitals to upgrade them to the level of some well-known private hospitals. Sindh Health Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar disclosed while addressing a press conference on Monday “These governing boards would comprise prominent personalities of the district and they would be directly answerable to […]
ISLAMABAD: Minority rights activists have protested against the government apathy towards their demand for a marriage registration law for Hindus. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Scheduled Caste Rights Movement Pakistan (SCRM) Chairman Ramesh Jaipal said that the Hindu Marriage Registration Bill was presented to the National Assembly 2011 and again in 2014. He said […]
The top United Nations official on human rights issues voiced “deep regret” today over the resumption of executions in Pakistan and Jordan at a time when the international community is increasingly turning away from the use of the death penalty. In a news release, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, condemned […]
Pakistanis hanker for a moment of joy, a reason to celebrate and a piece of good news. But, unfortunately, we do not get much. After suffering through a series of bad news, we may bag one piece of good news, if we are lucky. Recognising its scarcity, it therefore is treated like the birth of […]
Starting with the Lahore Resolution, every major landmark constitutional document, including the Objectives Resolution, has promised religious freedom and equal rights for minorities in Pakistan. Despite this, the situation of religious freedom has deteriorated steadily in the 67 years of the country’s existence and has decidedly become so bad that Pakistan is now teetering on […]
ISLAMABAD: A senior Karachi police officer told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that slain philanthropist and social worker Parveen Rahman was in possession of a map detailing the lands that have been illegally occupied by affiliates and associates of various political parties that operated in the city. The revelation, according to the Karachi DIG Sultan […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued a rejoinder to the federal government and sought a reply over the brutal lynching of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan regarding its verdict from last June for the protection of minorities’ rights. The SC registrar office has sent rejoinder to Establishment Division, Ministry of Religious […]
LAHORE: Protests against the brutal killing of Christian couple in Kasur District the other day continued in city on the second consecutive day on Thursday as thousands held demonstrations outside the Lahore Press Club. The Pakistan Brick Kiln Workers Union has announced a three-day strike in mourning for the couple. A number of non-government organisations […]
Kot Radha Kishan: Elite commandoes are patrolling the streets of four small towns where almost all the male villagers have vanished as the police launched a massive crackdown after brutal killing of a Christian couple in Lahore’s Kot Radha Kishan suburb. Twenty-eight-year old Shahzad Masih and his five-month-pregnant wife Shama Masih, 24, were brutally tortured […]
IN an effort towards greater transparency, social networking giant Facebook released its latest ‘Government Requests Report’ containing bare-bones data on requests they receive from countries for access to user account data, and requests to restrict access to content. The current January-June 2014 report is the third such dataset Facebook has released, and, staying true to […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday hoped that the Supreme Court would look at all aspects of the Asia Bibi case. Last week, the Lahore High Court turned down an appeal against her conviction by a trial court on blasphemy charges. In a statement, the HRCP said, “The outcome of Asia […]
A DECADE of insecurity in Balochistan has had a grim effect on the troubled province’s demographics. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of citizens belonging to religious minority groups as well as settlers from other parts of Pakistan have left Balochistan, thanks to an atmosphere of hostility and violence, which […]
MINGORA/KHAR: Celebrations of Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize continued in the child education activist’s native district of Swat for the second day on Saturday. The Swat Qaumi Jirga organised a function and took out a rally in the district to celebrate Malala’s achievement. The function took place at Khpal Kor Model School, where […]
ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers representing minorities in the Senate Panel have demanded of the government to deploy army personnel for the security of non-Muslims in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “Only Army personnel security can stop ongoing migration of Hindus and Sikhs from the province [K-P],” observed Senator Hamman Das of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal, while talking to The Express Tribune. “Minorities have […]
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