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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the passage of the Protection of Women against Violence Bill 2015 in the Punjab Assembly. In a statement released to the media on Thursday, the commission said, “It welcomes the adoption of ...

HYDERABAD: Civil society organisations and nationalist parties in parts of Sindh held various programmes to mark the International Human Rights Day on Thursday. In Hyderabad, rights activists took out a procession under the banner of the Human Rights Commission of ...

LAHORE: Youth Affairs Minister Rana Mashhood said on Wednesday that the way forward to mainstreaming women, youth and minorities was rooted in having transparent political processes and ensuring that all citizens were treated on an equal footing. The minister made ...

By: IKRAM JUNAIDI ISLAMABAD: As many as 98 per cent of the cases filed by acid attack victims are never decided due to existence of various loopholes in the law. All the stakeholders, including police and medical professionals, should be ...

KARACHI: Human rights are important today because we have forgotten its very definition, said human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir on Saturday. The very people who stand up against violence, resort to violence as a tool to power, she said at ...