Disappearances, religiosity, lawlessness overwhelming challenges: HRCP
Lahore, October 07: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm at growing intolerance and abuse of belief, continued incidents of enforced disappearance and illegal detention of citizens in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, proliferation of sectarian violence and a general breakdown in law and order in the country and called these overwhelming challenges […]
Intolerance, violence rising unchallenged: HRCP
Lahore, September 24: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm over the recent spike in incidents of violence and intolerance against vulnerable groups across the country and said that failure to address intolerance was contributing to the aggravation. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is extremely concerned […]
HRCP releases findings of probe into Muridke deaths
Lahore, September 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan(HRCP) released on Friday the observations of a fact-finding team that had visited Muridke last month to investigate a police action there on May 16 to disperse tenants protesting the arrest of four fellow workers from Dera Sehgal Farms earlier the same day. One person was shot […]
HRCP slams deaths in factory fires
Lahore, September 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grief and grave concern at the death of at least 250 people in devastating fires that gutted two factories in Karachi and Lahore and demanded immediate attention to ensuring safe working conditions for factory workers across the country. In a statement issued on […]
Lal Masjid chief cleric acquitted in Rangers murder case
ATC Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman acquitted the chief cleric, his wife Majida Aziz alias Umme Hassan, his sister-in-law Humaira Rasheed Ghazi, daughter Tayyaba Dua, Maulana Abdul Qayyum, Mohammad Afzal, Nazakat Ali, Fidaullah, Mufti Sadiq, Inayatur Rehman, Riaz Ahmed, Mohammad Hayat, Safiullah, Noor Mohammad, Mohammad Asif, Abdul Latif, Ansar Shah, Safdarullah, Mohammad Usman and Maqsood Akbar, […]
UN team on missing persons arrives
ISLAMABAD: While in Pakistan, the working group will gather information pertaining to missing persons’ cases. It will meet government officials and families of missing persons and also visit all four provinces of the country. The working group will present its findings to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR). The group will be in […]
HRCP NATIONAL PEASANT CONVENTION
The two-day (September 5 ,6) Peasant Convention organized in Multan by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has made a strong plea for land reforms , development of equitable land utilization policies, mitigation of the hardships of landless tillers of the soil, acceptance of the tenants‘ rights that have been settled for long on […]
HRCP slams Bajaur terror
Lahore: September 03: While strongly condemning the beheading of 12 soldiers by the Taliban, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has warned all institutions, especially political parties, of the catastrophic consequences of their failure to resist militancy. In a statement issued here today, the commission said: “The barbaric beheading of 12 Pakistani soldiers and […]
HRCP launches report of fact-finding mission to Balochistan
Islamabad, August 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launched on Thursday the report of a fact-finding it had conducted in Balochistan. An HRCP mission had visited the province from May 15 to 19 in order to assess the impact of the recent measures by the government with respect to the province and to […]
HRCP moot proposes roadmap for democratic Pakistan
Islamabad, August 12: Pakistan’s survival depends on strengthening the democratic process so as to remove the tensions and imbalance in civil and military relations and ensure that all institutions of the state play their role in the well being of the people within their parameters. This was the consensus at a consultation organized by the […]
