The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the brutal murder of at least 14 people near Ormara, Balochistan – including 11 security personnel – who were shot dead by gunmen while traveling from Karachi to Gwadar. The HRCP said in a statement on Friday that it was “shocked at the calculated way […]
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Pakistan needs Asma Jahangir now, more than ever: HRCP
‘In a year of general elections, it was inevitable perhaps that the progress and observation of human rights issues might be suspended, if not forgotten,” noted the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday. This was regretted at the launch ceremony of the flagship annual report “State of Human Rights in 2018.” It further […]
HRCP concerned over forced conversions in Sindh
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has issued the following statement on the conclusion of its 33rd Annual General Meeting: ‘HRCP notes with concern the state’s amendment of the requisites of participatory democracy and reversal to the concept of a majoritarian state. This trend must be arrested as it runs counter to the dictates […]
HRCP voices concern over enforced disappearances
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its ‘grave concern’ over the increasing frequency and ‘sheer impunity’ with which anyone critical of the state is being targeted reportedly by security agencies. In a statement issued on Thursday, HRCP has said that it is “appalled at the recent abduction of Gul Bukhari, a […]
‘My son’s crime is that he feels the pain of others’
LAHORE: There was a grim silence in the hall as Mehmood Hayat Khan, the father of missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan, walked to the stage. As he started speaking in a dejected, yet firm, tone, at a citizens’ seminar at South Asia Media Centre on Saturday, many among the listeners were reminded of the […]
Missing journalist Zeenat Shahzadi recovered
LAHORE: Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi who went missing two years ago from the streets of Lahore has been recovered, confirmed National Commission of Human Rights and HRCP on Friday. Talking to BBC, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, head of Commission of Inquiry on Forced Disappearances, confirmed her safe recovery. According to reports, she was retrieved from near the Afghan-Pak […]