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Pakistan witnessed substantial human rights violations in 2020: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): As in preceding years, Pakistan witnessed substantial human rights violations in 2020, from forced conversions of religious minorities and crimes against women to enforced disappearances and curbs on freedom of expression, the Human Rights Commission of Pakist
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Pak rights commission condemns 'assassination attempt' on journalist Absar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the "assassination attempt" on the country's leading journalist Absar Alam in Islamabad.
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Pak activists demand govt to withdraw Higher Education Commission Ordinanc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan's civil society, human rights and labour rights activists have demanded the Imran Khan government to withdraw the new Higher Education Commission (HEC) Ordinance, while also calling for the reinstatement of the former HEC chairman Dr Tariq Banuri.
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Pakistan rights group backs Balochistan employees' demand for pay raise
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday came out in support of protesting government employees in Pakistan's Balochistan province as they continue to hold their sit-in following failed negotiation between the government and their represent
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Attempt to foil Karima Baloch's funeral 'disgraceful', says Pakistan Right
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday slammed the domestic authorities over the handling of activist Karima Baloch's funeral and termed their attempt to foil the ceremony held for the slain activist as "disgraceful".
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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HRC of Pakistan rejects Imran Khan's team to probe abduction of journalist
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) rejected the probe team formed by Prime Minister Imran Khan to investigate the kidnapping of Karachi-based Geo News journalist A
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission slams govt over new order to curb polit
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday slammed Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government over a recent order by country's regulatory authority in a bid to curtail voices of political opponents critical of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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European think tank highlights human rights situation in Balochistan, issu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 21 (ANI): In its report on the human rights situation in Balochistan, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has highlighted findings by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission's (HRCP), that states that enforced disappearances and missing persons remain a re
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Evictions, demolition of houses of members of Hindu, Christian community,
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday condemned the razing of houses of people from the Hindu and Christian communities in Punjab province's Bahawalpur city. The houses were allegedly brought down by local authorities with political influ
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The state of minorities in the Islamic State
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 6 (ANI): According to the State of Human Rights 2019 annual report published by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), "Religious minorities remained unable to enjoy the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to them under the constitution...this has meant the
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Pak cleric blames women's 'wrongdoing' for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Pakistan's well-known cleric has passed an inflammatory remark against women in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan on live television, claiming that COVID-19 has been unleashed on humanity because of the 'wrongdoing of women.'
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