Category: Press Releases
HRCP welcomes continuation of death penalty moratorium
Lahore, October 4: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the federal government’s announcement on continuing the moratorium on capital punishment and has called for a thorough review of the death penalty regime in the country. In a statement on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP welcomes the government’s statement that it would persist with […]
پھانسی لگانے پر پابندی برقرار رکھنے کا حکومتی فیصلہ قابل ستائش ہے
پریس ریلیز لاہور 04 اکتوبر 2013 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے پھانسی پر پابندی برقرار رکھنے کے حکومتی فیصلے کو خوش آئند اقدام قرار دیا ہے اور ملک میں سزائے موت کے نظام کی مکمل نظرثانی کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ جمعہ کو جاری ہونے والے ایک بیان میں کمیشن نے […]
Open letter to the Pakistani authorities on death penalty
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights HRCP – Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Open letter to the Pakistani authorities on death penalty www.fidh.org/open-letter-to-the-pakistani-authorities-on-death-penalty-14009 Honorable Prime Minister Mr Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Honorable President Mr Mamnoon Hussain Honorable Interior Minister Mr Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Honorable Secretary for Law, Justice and Human Rights Mr Muhammad […]
Much more needed to address plight of quake victims: HRCP
Lahore, September 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious expressed concern over the plight of the people affected by this week’s earthquake in Balochistan and stressed that the victims are in need of much more attention and emergency relief than had been made available to them so far. In a statement issued […]
گرجا گھر پر حملہ پاکستان کے قیام کے مقاصدپر حملہ ہے
لاہور 23 ستمبر2013 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے پشاور میں گرجا گھر پر حملے کو غیر انسانی فعل قرار دیا ہے اور کہا ہے کہ یہ حملہ ان اقدار پر حملہ ہے جن کے تحفظ کے لیے پاکستان قائم ہوا تھا اور اسلامی اصولوں کی نفی کی کی عکاسی […]
Church attack an affront to Pakistan’s ideals: HRCP
Lahore, September 23: Condemning the suicide bombings at a Peshawar church on Sunday as inhuman and an affront to the values to uphold which Pakistan was established, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to share with the people its strategy to overcome the ongoing faith-based and militant-orchestrated attacks on citizens […]
HRCP’s concern over rising violence against women
Lahore, September 17, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced alarm over increasing violence against women in Pakistan. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP has watched with grave concern the rising incidence of violence against women in Pakistan in recent days. Unfortunately, such incidents have always been commonplace in the country but now […]
خواتین کے خلاف بڑھتے ہوئے تشدد تشویش کا باعث ہے
لاہور 17ستمبر 2013 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے پاکستان میں خواتین کے خلاف بڑھتے ہوئے تشدد پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ منگل کو جاری ہونے والے ایک بیان میں کمیشن نے کہا: ایچ ار سی پی نے حالیہ دنوں میں خواتین کے حلاف تشدد کے بڑھتے ہوئے واقعات کا شدید تشویش کے ساتھ […]
End disappearances, impunity for perpetrators now, HRCP urges PM
Lahore, August 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to launch immediately a drive to put an end to enforced disappearance of citizens and also end the impunity for the illegal practice. In a letter sent to the prime minister on the eve of the International Day of […]
HRCP slams dumping of Baloch dead bodies in Karachi
Lahore, August 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern the continued dumping of mutilated dead bodies of missing Baloch men in Karachi and demanded that the killers are brought to justice. In a statement released on Friday, the Commission noted “with great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been no […]
