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Pakistan: USCIRF Condemns Attack on Ahmadis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the heinous attack on an Ahmadi Muslim factory and mosque on November 21 and 22 in the Jehlum district located in the Punjab province. “USCIRF strongly condemns this attack against the Ahmadi […]
UN resolution for protection of HR defenders
(Geneva, New-York, Paris) The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint FIDH-OMCT programme) commends the passing of a United Nations General Assembly resolution on the protection of human rights defenders in the Third Committee yesterday. At a time when human rights defenders have come under increasing pressure amidst a growing crackdown on […]
SHO suspended for keeping two men in illegal custody
SHIKARPUR: The SHO of Sturat Ganj police station was suspended, reverted to his last grade and booked for keeping two citizens in illegal confinement. On a public complaint, Shikarpur SSP Nasir Aftab raided the Stuart Ganj police lock-up and released Rizwan Memon and Abdul Haque Marfani on Wednesday night. They had been put in illegal […]
SHO suspended for keeping two men in illegal custody
SHIKARPUR: The SHO of Sturat Ganj police station was suspended, reverted to his last grade and booked for keeping two citizens in illegal confinement. On a public complaint, Shikarpur SSP Nasir Aftab raided the Stuart Ganj police lock-up and released Rizwan Memon and Abdul Haque Marfani on Wednesday night. They had been put in illegal […]
HRCP moot demands proper framework to deal with internal displacement
Islamabad, November 26: Pakistan must stop dealing with its many internal displacement situations in an ad hoc manner and adopt a specific framework in line with internal standards on displacement. This was the consensus opinion of the participants at a consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday. The participants included […]
Man dies in police custody
LAHORE A man died under mysterious circumstances in Data Darbar police investigation custody on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Jawad, son of Mohammad Farooq. Police arrested Jawad a day back in connection with several cases registered against him at Data Darbar and other police stations of the city. In-charge Data Darbar investigation police […]
HRCP seeks PM’s intervention to stay execution of paraplegic prisoner
Lahore, November 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stay the execution of Abdul Basit, a paraplegic death row prisoner detained in Faisalabad prison, after warrants were issued for him to be hanged on November 25. In its letter to the premier, HRCP highlighted that this […]
