Lahore, June 5: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday met with members of the religious minority communities and exchanged views with a gathering of civil society organisations’ representatives, lawyers and journalists here. A larger group of civil society representatives later joined her for tea. All these meetings took place

Lahore, 4 June 2012: We the undersigned citizens, belonging to various sections of Pakistan’s civil society, express our serious concern and alarm at the information-leak from a responsible and highly credible source that there is a serious threat to the life of the country’s leading human rights activist and one of the most influential

Lahore May 31: The Lahore members of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in its monthly meeting on May 30, 2012 condemned the gruesome murder of Professor Dr. Shabih ul Hasan Hashmi in strongest terms and demanded that the Punjab government should hold a proper inquiry. Lahore members observed one minute silence for the departed

Lahore, May 31: The whole system of labour courts and tribunals needs to be reviewed if the goal of expeditious and fair adjudication of labour cases is to be realised. This is the main recommendation of the expert group comprising trade union representatives, lawyers specialising in labour cases and civil society organizations that met

Lahore, May 25: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern at denial of due process rights to Dr Shakil Afridi, the man accused of helping the US find Osama bin Laden who has been convicted to 33 years in prison, and demanded that irrespective of the charges against him he must get a

Lahore, May 23: The killing of Sindhi nationalist leader Muzaffar Bhutto, one of the prominent victims of enforced disappearance in Sindh, and the brazen attack on a peaceful political rally in Karachi on Tuesday that claimed at least 16 lives appear to be the latest manifestations of violent suppression of political debate and in

Lahore, May 4: Reports of alleged torture on at least five political activists in the Gilgit Jail are exceedingly worrying and hint at the authorities’ stubborn refusal to learn from past mistake, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said in a statement on Friday. “HRCP notes with concern that the five activists who have

Lahore, April 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over the acute difficulties of the civilian population in Lyari, Karachi, where law enforcement agencies’ operation against organised crime has been going on for several days. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is not in a position to comment

Lahore, April 11: The continuing spilling of blood in sectarian killings in Quetta and Gilgit Baltistan manifests a blatant failure to address religious intolerance in society, which constitutes one of the biggest threats for the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Wednesday. The Commission said in a statement: “HRCP is