Lahore, August 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the murder of a journalist in Khuzdar and abduction of another in the North Waziristan tribal region and called upon the authorities to take meaningful measures to effectively address threats to journalists’ safety and end impunity for violence against them. In a

Lahore, August 03: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm and disgust at a policeman ‘raiding’ a renowned art gallery in Lahore, beating the woman curator there and harassing others on the premises. HRCP said in a statement: “HRCP is appalled by the vigilante actions of the Shadman Police Station

Lahore, August 1: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has completed a fact-finding mission in Karachi (July 29-31, 2011) to ascertain the causes of the current wave of violence in the country’s largest metropolis in which heavy losses in life and property have already been caused. The fact-finding mission issued an interim statement