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Call to end firing & tension along LOC
Lahore, Nov 01: The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), a civil society organisation that has been working for peace and understanding between the two South Asian neighbours since 1994, is deeply concerned over the escalation of cross border firing across the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir. Quite a few civilians […]
HRCP urges halting execution of mentally challenged prisoner
Lahore, October 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the authorities to halt the imminent execution of a mentally challenged death row prisoner who is scheduled to be hanged in Vehari on November 2. In a communication sent on Thursday, HRCP brought to President Mamnoon Hussain’s attention the disposal by the Supreme […]
Quetta attack: HRCP urges rethink on terror fighting plan
Lahore, October 25: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned Monday night’s attack on the police academy in Quetta and demanded reassessment of the counter-terrorism strategy to put an end to the blood-letting. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “It is alarming that despite apparent focus on countering terrorism […]
HRCP’s alarm over placing journalist’s name on ECL
Lahore, October 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded that all curbs on journalist Cyril Almeida travelling abroad must be immediately withdrawn and any grievance that the authorities might have against him must be dealt with in accordance with the law, due process and universally acknowledged freedoms of opinion and expression. In […]
HRCP slams faith-based violence in Balochistan
Lahore, October 07: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the authorities and the political and religious parties to take effective steps to stop the faith-based violence and bloodletting in Balochistan. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP has serious concerns over the recent attack in Quetta where four […]
Yasin Malik’s health deteriorates; Rights group intervenes
New Delhi, October 06: Responding to President of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Yasin Malik’s wife’s claim of deliberate negligence towards treatment of her husband, the secretary General of South Asia Forum for Human Rights has written to the Foreign Secretary asking them to provide the Hurriyat leader with the adequate treatment. This come days […]
CSO intimidation, civilian set-up abdicating role alarm HRCP
Lahore, October 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called intimidation of civil society organisations (CSOs) and the civilian government allowing important matters to slip out of its hands regrettable developments, which would have grave implications for the country’s democratic future. The HRCP executive council, which met in Karachi to consider the human […]
HRCP concerns grow over rights situation in Karachi
Karachi, October 1: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave apprehensions over the prevailing human rights concerns in Karachi being aggravated by new problems cropping up in recent months. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Executive Council of the Commission said that it had decided to hold its autumn meeting in […]
HRCP moot demands urgent attention to workers’ right in ‘forgotten mining sector’
Karachi, September 30: The regulation of the mining industry in all parts of Pakistan needed to be urgently looked at in order to prevent injury and loss of lives among mine workers, mitigate hazards to the environment and minimize mining-related displacement and its impact. This was the consensus of a two-day national consultation on concerns regarding […]
HRCP calls for action on UN plea on disappearances
Lahore, September 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to implement the recommendations made by the United Nation’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The commission has also asked the authorities concerned to pay due attention to the working group’s latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. […]
