Islamabad, July 14 (IANS) Poor and marginalised communities, especially Christians prosecuted under the Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, have been affected by corruption in Pakistan’s criminal justice system, a report has detailed. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), stated in a report that many Christians accused of blasphemy in Pakistan are not able to get effective legal representation or cha…
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Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) Several civil society activists, lawyers and journalists in Pakistan called for the withdrawal of Punjab’s ‘Habitual Offenders’ bill, describing it as “regressive” and warning that if enacted, the legislation would have a corrosive impact on human rights protections in the country.Addressing a round table organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), human rights lawyer Asad Jamal said that the primary intent of the bill was to enable the state to legally…
Paris/Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has highlighted widespread and systemic corruption at all levels of the Pakistani justice system, warning that it carries grave consequences for human rights.France-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and one of its member organisations, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), released a 32-page report, titled ‘Under the Bench: Mapping corruption risks in Pakistan’s justice system’. Th…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India on Wednesday strongly condemned the “highly deplorable” and “targeted act of vandalism” against a revered Sikh shrine in Pakistan while once again highlighting the systemic targeting of religious minorities and their places of worship across the border which continues unabated. Responding to media queries, the spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Randhir Jaiswal stated that India has taken note of the “deeply distressing” reports regarding the demolit…
Quetta, June 30 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations condemned the raid by Pakistani security forces on the residence of Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Karachi, describing it as part of the state’s continuing campaign of coercion and aggression against the Baloch people.The remarks came after Sammi Deen alleged that law enforcement personnel and intelligence officials raided her residence in her absence and without pri…
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Members of a growing organised blasphemy business network in Pakistan are actively attempting to trap people into committing blasphemy on social media. Some Pakistani officials, including members of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), conduct work on behalf of the blasphemy network, a report said. “The main purpose here is to extort bribes from the target in exchange for dropping criminal charges. In the custody of such people, the treatment is appalling. At …
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing grave concern over what it described as the widespread use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, both physical and psychological, in detention facilities across the country.Marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Friday, in a letter addressed to Sharif, the HRCP said that Pakistan’s legal framework remains …
Canberra, June 25 (IANS) The grandfather of a nine-year-old Australian girl Hania Ahmed who was killed in police firing in Pakistan has demanded justice, local media reported. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has previously demanded a transparent probe into the incident.”Whether we get justice because of him [Anthony Albanese], or police, we just want justice,” Australia-based ABC News quoted Mazhar Hussain Chohan as saying.Chohan spoke about the hours that followed the police shooting…
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) Several Pakistani economists and civil society groups criticised the country’s 2026-27 “austerity” budget, stating that it systematically undermined low-income household welfare, labour protections, and gender equality.At a seminar hosted by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday, participants said that the “economic stabilisation” being touted by the Pakistani government was being achieved at the “cost of citizens’ survival and social jus…
Quetta, June 23 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations and activists strongly condemned the life imprisonment handed down to four Baloch activists, including Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch, calling the verdict a “blatant miscarriage of justice” and “act of judicial terrorism” by Pakistan.The criticism came after the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday sentenced four activists, including Mahrang Baloch, to life imprisonment in connection with a case …