LAHORE: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir has taken exception to a ban on women from attending traditional “Qaqlasht Festival”. In a statement issued on Thursday, she says this is discrimination and would send a negative message to tourists as well. She states such a violation of women’s rights is against the
Press release Monday, April 17: Twelve former Presidents of the Supreme Court Bar Association have expressed their deep anguish and concern over the brutal lynching and murder of Mashal, a student of Abdul Wali Khan University (AKWU). The brutal manner in which students of Abdul Wali Khan University killed their own colleague and attacked
پریس ریلیز لاہور 14-اپریل 2017 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق(ایچ آرسی پی) نے جمعرات کے روز عبدالولی خان یونیورسٹی مردان میں ہجوم کے ہاتھوں ایک طالبعلم کی ہلاکت پرشدید تشویش کا اظہارکیا ہے۔ کمیشن نے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ اس واقعے میں ملوث تمام افراد کو انصاف کے کٹہرے میں لانے اوروحشیانہ قتل کے
Press release Lahore, April 17: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) mourns the passing away of Mrs Qamar Zafar A. Chaudhry, a valuable member of the HRCP family. Mrs Chaudhry always took considerable interest in the activities of the Commission, in particular in matters related to the freedom of thought and the rights
Lahore, April 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave alarm over a student’s lynching by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan on Thursday. It has urged effective steps to bring all those involved to justice and to tackle the panic and horror among citizens, especially students and
Lahore, April 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the government and the judiciary to take more interest in protecting the citizens’ rights and ensure that the state distinguishes itself by promoting rights and does more to prevent violations. A statement issued at the conclusion of the HRCP Council and
Lahore, April 2: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) elected its new office-bearers for a three-year term (2017-2019) here on Sunday. Dr Mehdi Hasan was elected chairperson and Uzma Noorani co-chairperson. The provincial vice-chairpersons were: Habib Tahir (Balochistan), Kamran Arif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Salima Hashmi (Punjab) and Asad Iqbal Butt (Sindh). Naazish Ata-ullah was