Lahore : The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned two attacks targeting lawyers in Quetta on Monday in which at least 53 people have been killed. It has also slammed the authorities’ inability to protect citizens through effective counter-terrorism measures. In a statement, the Commission said: “HRCP condemns ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionNadeem Nusrat slams abuse of women in PTI’s rally
Lahore: The Convener of Muttahida Quami Movement Nadeem Nusrat strongly condemned the maltreatment with a woman at PTI’s rally in Peshawar. In a statement issued from London Secretariat, Nadeem Nusrat said it seemed quite usual to abuse women in PTI’s gatherings and no action yet to be taken by party leaderships. He said that it ... Read More »
HRCP slams threat to heritage
Lahore: Describing the reported move to destroy a part of the GPO building in Lahore for the Orange Train project as vandalism compounded by arrogance, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Punjab government to review the project and desist from attacking the people’s basic right ... Read More »
HRCP slams killing of disappearance victim in Sindh
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the killing of a victim of enforced disappearance in Sindh, stating that the murder represented growing intolerance of all manners of disagreement in the country. In a statement issued on Monday, HRCP condemned the killing of Raja Dahir ... Read More »
HRCP welcomes polls in KP, slams violence, curbs on women’s vote
Lahore: While welcoming the conclusion of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern that the rifht of women to cast their vote continued to be denied and the arrangements made for the maintenance of law and order and for smooth polling ... Read More »
HRCP slams massacre in Karachi bus attack
Lahore: The barbaric killing of members of the Ismaili community in a bus attack in Karachi is highly condemnable, but it deserves more than mere words of censure and sympathy from the authorities, the political parties and the civil society, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Wednesday. In ... Read More »
HRCP slams order to cancel Balochistan talk at LUMS
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave alarm and dismay over the authorities ordering the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to cancel a discussion on Balochistan. HRCP called it unfortunate that that had happened on a democratic government’s watch. The Commission said in a statement ... Read More »
HRCP slams denial of travel to Mama Qadeer, 2 other activists
Lahore: 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 ... Read More »
HRCP slams killing of children in Taliban attack
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called the killing of more than 120 children in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar a national tragedy which it said must open the eyes of anyone still harbouring any doubts that Taliban and Pakistan could coexist. In ... Read More »
HRCP slams brutal beating of visually impaired in Lahore
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the police violence on visually impaired protesters in Lahore and said that the violent action again exposed the savagery of the baton-wielding face of what passed for authority in the province. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission ... Read More »