Category: Press Releases
HRCP slams denial of travel to Mama Qadeer, 2 other activists
Lahore, March 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the denial of foreign travel to three Baloch human rights activists after the authorities informed them at the airport that their names had been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) reportedly on account of their anti-state activities. In a statement issued on […]
تھر میں این جی او کو ملنے والی دھمکیوں کے خلاف کارروائی کی جائے
لاہور 12فروری2015ء پریس ریلیز تھر میں این جی او کو ملنے والی دھمکیوں کے خلاف کارروائی کی جائے صوبہ سندھ کے ضلع تھرپارکر اور اس کے نزدیکی اضلاع میں کام کرنے والی ”اویئر“ نامی این جی او کے عملے کو ایک صوبائی وزیر کے رشتہ دار کی جانب سے ملنے والی دھمکیاں باعث تشویش ہیں۔ […]
HRCP urges action over threats to Thar NGO
Lahore, February 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm over threats of violence made against the staff of AWARE, an NGO working in Tharparkar and nearby districts of Sindh, by a relative of a provincial minister. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission said: “HRCP notes with grave concern […]
Call to end disappearances
Lahore, February 04, 2015: The international conference on disappearances in Asia, held in Islamabad on Feb 2-3, 2015, has called upon all Asian states to take effective measures to eliminate the practice of enforced and involuntary disappearances. These states have been asked to recognise enforced disappearance as a distinct criminal offence, cooperate with the UN […]
ایک دوسرے پر الزام تراشی کی بجائے دہشت گردی کے خاتمے کے لئے ٹھوس منصوبہ بندی کی جائے
لاہور 03فروری2015ء پریس ریلیز ایک دوسرے پر الزام تراشی کی بجائے دہشت گردی کے خاتمے کے لئے ٹھوس منصوبہ بندی کی جائے پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے وفاقی وصوبائی حکومتوں، سکیورٹی اور انٹیلی جنس ایجنسیوں سے کہا ہے کہ وہ شکارپور میں ہونے والی قتل وغارت گری کا الزام ایک دوسرے پر لگانے کی […]
Shikarpur attack: HRCP says rhetoric, looking for scapegoats not helping
Lahore, February 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the federal and provincial governments and the security and intelligence agencies to pull their act together rather than passing the blame for the Shikarpur massacre, and show responsibility in fulfilling their obligation to protect people’s lives. In a statement issued on Tuesday, […]
Produce ‘missing’ MUET student, says SHC
Published in: Express Tribune HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench on Tuesday ordered Jamshoro district police to produce missing Mehran University of Engineering and Technology student Kamlesh Kumar by February 10. Kumar was allegedly detained over suspicion of his connections with banned outfit Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. The petitioner had claimed that the […]
HRCP moot demands better conditions for women workers
Karachi, December 29: There was a pressing need for greater awareness of working women’s rights, ensuring equal pay for equal work irrespective of gender and recognition of women’s contribution to society and the national economy, a consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in Karachi on Monday concluded. Participants of the consultation on […]
