Category: Press Releases
FIDH-HRCP workshop seeks urgent steps to end faith-based violence
Karachi, January 28: A two-day workshop organised by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) concluded with demands for urgent measures to end violence, discrimination and marginalisation faced by the citizens on account of their religious beliefs. Members of religious minority groups and minority Muslim sects from […]
HRCP demands probe into discovery of 15 dead bodies in Khuzdar
Lahore, January 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced its serious concern over the discovery of 15 badly decomposed dead bodies in Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Saturday and called upon the federal and Balochistan provincial government to urgently establish the identity of the deceased and their killers. In letters written to the […]
PPO a ploy to legitimise illegalities: HRCP
Lahore, January 24: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced alarm at the promulgation of Protection of Pakistan(Amendement) Ordinance 2014 and said the law violated constitutionally guaranteed rights and legitimised illegalities. In a statement issued on Friday, HRCP said: “There are far too many things in the PPO that rights respecting individuals would find difficult to stomach. […]
خضدار میں 15نعشوں کی برآمدگی کے وقوعے کی تحقیقات کی جائے
پریس ریلیز لاہور پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے ہفتہ کے روز بلوچستان کے ضلع خضدار سے 15مسخ شدہ نعشوں کی برآمدگی پر شدید تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ کمیشن نے وفاقی حکومت اور بلوچستان کی صوبائی حکومت سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ مقتولین اور ان کے قاتلوں کی فوری شناخت […]
انسانی حقوق کے پرُعزم کارکن میاں ناظم الدین کو ہمیشہ یاد رکھا جائے گا
پریس ریلیز لاہور 15-جنوری 2014 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے اپنے سابق سینئر سٹاف ممبر اورانسانی حقوق کے پرُعزم کارکن میاں ناظم الدین کی وفات پر افسوس کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ ایچ آر سی پی نے ایک تعزیتی اجلاس میں خلوص کے ساتھ اُنہیں یاد کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ وہ […]
HRCP condoles death of veteran rights activist Mian Nizam Din
Lahore, January 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condoled the passing of a senior former staff member and veteran human rights activist Mian Nizam Din. In a condolence meeting, HRCP fondly recalled Mian Sahib “as much more than a human rights activist. He was the famous developer of our archives section and that […]
HRCP slams horrors in Karachi turf wars
Lahore, January 9, 2014: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the lack of protection for citizens’ lives in Lyari, and other violence-hit parts of Karachi, and demanded that the outrage over the killing of four members of a family and rape of a fifth reportedly over the victims’ political affiliation […]
زائرین کا قتل قابل مذمت ہے، شہریوں کے تحفظ کے لیے ٹھوس اقدامات کئے جائیں
پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے کراچی میں واقع ایک مزار میں چھ افراد کے قتل کی شدید مذمت کی ہے اور جنگجو انتہا پسندوں کے ہاتھوں شہریوں کی ہلاکتوں پر قابو پانے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ اطلاعات کے مطابق مذکورہ چھ افراد کو طالبان نے قتل کیا ہے۔ بدھ کو ذرائع ابلاغ کو جاری […]
HRCP condemns shrine killings, demands steps to safeguard citizens
Lahore, January 8, 2014: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the killing of six men at a shrine in Karachi reportedly by Taliban-linked militants and demanded meaningful steps to put an end to killing of citizens by the extremists. In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the Commission said: “The […]
HRCP slams assassination of activist in Panjgur
Lahore, December 27, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the murder of its activist Ahmed Jan Baloch in Panjgur. The Commission has demanded the arrest of his killers and measures to make the work of human rights defenders less dangerous. Ahmed Jan was shot and severely injured by armed men on a […]
