Lahore, March 8: On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses solidarity with the women who are suffering due to growing violence and various forms of discrimination in the country. The rise in occurrence of ghastly incidents, such as sectarian violence witnessed in the form of cowardly

Lahore, March 04: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the twin bombing inKarachi and slammed the unending targeting of citizen because of their belief. A statement issued by HRCP on Monday said: “Another week, another city. Sunday’s bombings in Karachi constitute yet another failure of the government and the intelligence agencies to protect the citizens

Lahore: Feb 28: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the murder of Malik Mumtaz, a journalist based at Miranshah, South Waziristan on Wednesday. The HRCP stated that the murder is a continuation of the disturbing trend of increasing violence against journalists. The fact that Mumtaz is the fifth journalist to be killed in

Lahore, February 25: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Planning Commission and WAPDA to immediately settle the claim for compensation of the Mirani Dam (Balochistan) affectees and end their long wait. In a statement issued here today, the commission said: “About a score of peasants from Turbat in Balochistan

Lahore, February 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to take personal initiatives for guaranteeing security of life to the Hazara Shias. While requesting President Zardari to visit Quetta, the HRCP Chairperson, Zohra Yusuf, has said: “Within the seven weeks of this

Lahore, February 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to take personal initiatives for guaranteeing security of life to the Hazara Shias. While requesting President Zardari to visit Quetta, the HRCP Chairperson, Zohra Yusuf, has said: “Within the seven weeks of this

Lahore, February 18: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the blast killing over 80 Hazara Shias in Quetta on Saturday and slammed the authorities’ failure to crack down on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the militant outfit openly claiming responsibility for attacking the persecuted community. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is at

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has received information that a man, Surat Singh Manhas s/o Mohar Singh, belonging to village Kukadthan, district Jammu, inadvertently crossed the border into Pakistan in 1987. His family believes that he was arrested by the Pakistan Rangers near the Indo-Pak border. They believe him to be in a

Lahore, February 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the police beating up doctors in Lahore on Sunday and in general over the ongoing standoff between doctors working in public hospitals and the authorities. The Commission said in a statement on Monday: “HRCP is alarmed by the beating of doctors by