Lahore, August 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern the continued dumping of mutilated dead bodies of missing Baloch men in Karachi and demanded that the killers are brought to justice. In a statement released on Friday, the Commission noted “with great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been

Lahore, August 7: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the execution-style killing of 13 labourers in Balochistan, reportedly hailing from Punjab who were returning home to celebrate Eid. In a statement released on Wednesday, HRCP said: “HRCP is appalled by the cold-blooded killing of 13 labourers by insurgents in Mach area of

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,