Lahore, July 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over the discovery of 20 decomposed bodies in Bara area of Khyber Agency and demanded urgent efforts to establish the identity of the victims and to end the pervasive insecurity across the country. HRCP said in a press state on Friday: “The

Lahore, July 15, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with grave concern a steep rise in the killing of citizens in Karachi violence in the first six months of this year. Releasing the stats to the media through a press statement, HRCP reported that as many as 1,726 people had

Lahore, July 5, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Punjab government to continue with four-year suspension of execution of death row prisoners in the province’s jails. Earlier this week, HRCP had called upon the president and the prime minister to extend the informal moratorium on executions after a presidential order

Lahore, July 1, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the president and the prime minister to extend the informal moratorium on execution of death row prisoners after a presidential order suspending hangings expired on June 30. Expressing its concern over the presidential order not being reissued after its lapse,

Lahore, July 1, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the killing of citizens in several bombings over the weekend, including one in Quetta where at least 30 people were killed when an imambargah in a Hazara-concentrated locality was attacked. The Commission said in a press statement, “HRCP is extremely