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HRCP slams attack on Islamabad courts

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed an attack on the district courts in Islamabad where the fatalities included one judge and several lawyers, and expressed serious concern that even the federal capital was not safe from such attacks. In a statement released to the media on Monday, ... Read More »

HRCP calls for urgent attention to address pressing human rights challenges

Lahore:  The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for urgent attention to address pressing human rights challenges across the country. The Commission in particular drew attention towards rising violence and intolerance against religious and sectarian minorities, absence of effective writ of the state over expanding areas, poor governance, ... Read More »

HRCP states violence displaces in Tirah

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses deep concern at the prevailing situation in the Tirah valley, Khyber agency. The Commission strongly condemns the bomb attack killing at least 17 people at Jalozai, this past Friday on a camp for those internally displaced by the violence in Tirah ... Read More »

HRCP condemns Parveen’s murder

Lahore: Condemning OPP director Parveen Rehman’s brutal assassination in the strongest possible terms, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon all Pakistani citizens who care for freedom, justice and human rights to stand up against their enemies that are out to destroy their symbols of hope. In ... Read More »

Failure to crack down on militants led to Hazara killings: HRCP

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the blast killing over 80 Hazara Shias in Quetta on Saturday and slammed the authorities’ failure to crack down on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the militant outfit openly claiming responsibility for attacking the persecuted community. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission ... Read More »

HRCP demands swift recovery of abducted NGO workers

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned Thursday’s abduction from Karachi of four volunteers working with an NGO and called upon the government to act swiftly to secure their release. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP strongly condemns the abduction from Maripur, Karachi, ... Read More »

Measles deaths unacceptable: HRCP

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the rising death toll in the measles epidemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 500 children across the country in the last few weeks. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Commission said: “HRCP notes with great alarm that ... Read More »

HRCP demands justice for Bara dead

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the killing of around 20 civilians in Khyber Agency and demanded that the claims made by the families that the deceased were killed by security forces personnel must be probed independently and to the families’ satisfaction. In a statement ... Read More »

HRCP slams gruesome Mastung attack

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the gruesome killing of Shia pilgrims in an attack on Iran-bound buses in Mastung on Sunday and called the government to put an end to the appalling bloodshed. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “It is ... Read More »

HRCP condemns killing of polio workers

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the killing of six polio vaccinators in Karachi and Peshawar and demanded the arrest of the perpetrators, effective steps to prevent such attacks in future and compensation for the families of the vaccinators killed. In a statement issued on ... Read More »

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