Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan staged a protest at the Karachi Press Club condemning the alarming rise in cases of sexual harassment against women across the country.According to the HRC, the protest held on Sunday saw the participation of human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, social workers, civil society representatives, and concerned citizens from across Pakistan.The demonstrators called for stronger implementation of laws, swift justice for vi…
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Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan alleged that the Gul Plaza fire incident in Karachi was the result of severe “administrative failures”, accusing the authorities of negligence while expressing concern over the Sindh government’s silence on the incident. Addressing a press conference on the Gul Plaza tragedy, HRC Chairman Jamshed Hussain said the devastating fire that occurred on January 17 this year was not merely an accident but the outcome of “serious adminis…
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) Seven people were killed, and one person went missing, after a tourist boat capsized on Saifullah Lake in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police have said. The boat, carrying eight members of the same family on a sightseeing trip, overturned in the scenic Kalam area of Swat district on Wednesday, a district police officer told the media.The bodies of the seven victims were recovered, while rescue teams, police officers and local volunteers continued sea…
Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the tragic roof collapse at a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, which claimed the lives of 14 children and left several others injured.The incident occurred on Tuesday when the roof of a private tuition academy collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring several others, local media reported, citing officials.Confirming the death toll, Punjab province Health Minister Khawaj…
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan on Saturday condemned the statement made by the country’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, regarding the Kashmiri identity of the people of Rawalakot and Mirpur in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).The criticism came after Asif, during a television interview, said that the residents of Rawalakot and Mirpur in PoK are “not proper Kashmiris”.Reacting to the remarks, the rights body said that “individuals in state positions must ex…
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent reports of the arrest of senior journalist Razi Tahir and the cancellation of his bail, warning that such actions amount to an attack on media freedom in the country.The remarks came after a Pakistani court reportedly rejected Tahir’s bail plea and ordered his arrest in a case under the country’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), which critics described as a “fabricated c…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday strongly responded to the Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s comments on the demolition of religious sites in India, saying he does not have any standing to comment on the internal matters of India.”India categorically rejects the unwarranted comments made by the President of Pakistan. He has, in any case, no locus standi to comment on matters that are internal to India,” the MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said whi…
Geneva, June 19 (IANS) India firmly rejected “baseless and malicious allegations” by Pakistan, while dismissing references to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), reiterating that the region remains an “integral and inalienable” part of the country.Speaking at the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Anupama Singh said, “India is compelled to e…
Quetta, June 11 (IANS) Young Doctors Association (YDA) President Dr Hai Baloch has criticised the Pakistani government for its lack of seriousness towards the demands raised by the medical community and announced a protest rally on June 12, local media reported on Thursday. While addressing a press conference at a protest camp outside Civil Sandeman Hospital, Quetta, against the acid attack on Dr Mah Noor, Hai Baloch stated that the government’s inappropriate behaviour had left them with no opti…
Geneva, May 22 (IANS) The Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations in Geneva demanded on Friday that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and his Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publicly condemn the Kyiv regime’s attack on the college in Starobilsk.”We demand that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and his Office (OHCHR), as well as the relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, find the strength to publicly condemn this…