HRCP concerned over governance issues, exit of honest officers
Lahore, June 04: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed alarm at the deteriorating level of governance in the country and has called the departure of the State Bank of Pakistan governor another example of officials, who are unwilling to bow to pressure, being shown the door. A statement issued by the Commission of […]
HRCP outraged by Gaza flotilla killings by Israel
Lahore, May 31: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has noted with extreme concern the killing of at least 10 people in Israeli armed forces’ action against pro-Palestinian activists aboard a flotilla carrying aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli commandos stormed the six ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on an aid mission to […]
Campaign against death Penalty: HRCP
A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement. There has not been, he said, “a single case – not one – in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had […]
Amputations by Taliban outrage HRCP
LAHORE, May 6, 2010: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed shock at the barbaric act of amputation of hands of three men by the Taliban in Orakzai Agency. A statement issued by HRCP on Thursday stated that it is apparent that Talibanisation rule persists in parts of FATA despite fierce military operations […]
Army accused of extra-judicial killings in Swat
WASHINGTON: The Pakistan Army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture – claims that could threaten US funding for any units singled out for abuse. New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had briefed US State Department and congressional officials on “mounting evidence” of more than 200 summary executions in Swat […]
Forgotten victims of great games
One day in 1897, near the village Brumotul not far from Chitral, then a semi-independent Muslim state high in the Himalayas, a bunch of boys went walking. They were not Chitralis, but refugees from another place that lay west of the newly demarcated Durand Line. They were not Muslims, either. The boys would have described […]
Violence against women rose 13pc in 2009
Cases of violence against women witnessed a 13 per cent increase in 2009 in one year, statistics collected by team of Aurat Foundation show. Addressing a Press conference here on Monday, the foundation’s representative Rabeea Hadi said that 8,548 incidents of violence against women were reported in the four provinces and in Islamabad last year. […]
