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HRCP raises alarm over state crackdown on protestors in Moro; calls for im
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to HRCP, the demonstration turned violent, resulting in casualties and injuries among both protestors and police personnel.
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Pakistan NGO raises alarm on forced evictions of Christian farmers
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for urgent government intervention following alarming findings from a recent fact-finding mission to Derek Abad, Kot Addu in Punjab province.
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Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, det
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379 officially reported new cases of enforced disappearance, two extrajudicial killings of persons suspected of blasphemy and 4,864 staged po
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Pakistan: HRCP calls for action on land rights, women's inclusion in agric
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The convention painted a bleak picture of the ongoing crisis in Pakistan's agricultural heartland, with climate change severely disrupting crop cycles and threatening the livelihoods of many farmers.
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Human rights activist raises voice against women atrocities, discriminatio
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Anila Gulzar, a Pakistani human rights activist from the Christian minority, has condemned systemic violence and gender discrimination against women in Pakistan, highlighting issues ranging from honour killings and forced marriages to workplace harassment and weak legal enforcement.
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HRCP condemns crackdown on Jamshoro student protest, urges Sindh govt to r
Updated : 1 year ago IST
HRCP condemned FIRs against protesting students in Jamshoro and urged the Sindh government to withdraw charges and release detainees.
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Pakistan: HRCP raises alarm over delays in resolving wrongful dismissal ca
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised serious concerns over the persistent delays workers face in seeking justice for wrongful dismissals, emphasising that these delays are often exacerbated by the undue influence of powerful corporations on the legal system. HRCP brough
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Pak HRCP highlights ongoing attacks, discrimination against religious mino
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A major concern raised in the report is the widespread use of social media to incite violence, particularly in cases of blasphemy. The HRCP report points to two notable mob attacks on the Christian community in Jaranwala and Sargodha, which were fuelled by social media posts.
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Pakistan: Human Rights Commission calls for stricter traffic laws amid ris
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the Sindh government to take immediate and effective measures to regulate heavy traffic in Karachi. The HRCP emphasised the urgent need to address the increasing number of road accidents, particularly those caused by reckless driving.
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HRCP urges Pak govt to strengthen social security for vulnerable workers
Updated : 1 year ago IST
HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan) urged the government to uphold the right to social security as outlined in Article 38 of the Constitution by safeguarding vulnerable and low-wage workers from income insecurity related to old age, unemployment, disease, injury, childbirth, and ma
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Pak media crisis: Country's rights body calls for immediate payment of arr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
This crisis has adversely affected journalists' livelihoods and the overall health of the media sector.
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Pak: HRCP alleges excessive use of force, deaths in PTI's Islamabad protes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"The mission is deeply concerned by allegations that the hospital administrations and police withheld the bodies of victims until their families agreed not to pursue any legal action. While the hospital administrations refused to speak with the fact-finding team, accounts from journalists an
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