As of April 2012 married Hindu women have been forcibly kidnapped and married to Muslims, and are left without legal recourse due to inability to prove their previous marriage. It also makes it difficult for Hindus to obtain the Computerized National Identity Card. The increasing Islamization has caused many Hindus to leave Hinduism and seek […]
Amjad Sabri Remember ed on 3rd Death Anniversary
Sabri, 40, and an associate were travelling in a car in Liaquatabad 10 area, when unidentified gunmen fired at their vehicle, critically injuring him. The two were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital immediately, where Sabri succumbed to his injuries. Both front side windows were shattered and three bullet holes could be seen on the front […]
Kartarpur Fact-finding Report
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) received complaints from a number of small farmers of Kartarpur whose land falls on the road map of the Corridor. They alleged that: the district government has been appropriating their lands in villages located around the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also known as Kartarpur Sahib, for the construction […]
A Joint Civil Society Fact-Finding Mission Report
Background The Elite Punjab Police on 19 January 2019 killed four people, three of the same family and the driver, in, what they initially called, an ‘intelligence-based operation’, sending shock waves across the country. The news flashed on television screens and videos of the incident as well as a video of one of the surviving […]
The long wait for justice: Jillani judgement conference
Islamabad, 19 June. Observing the fifth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court judgement on the protection of religious minorities’ rights, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a conference with other civil society organisations to reiterate the importance of implementing the judgement. The conference, which was organised jointly with the Centre for Social Justice […]
The extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud
Naqeebullah Mehsud also known as Naseemullah, Naqib Maseed, or by his nickname Veer was killed on January 13, 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan during a fake encounter staged by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Karachi’s Malir District, Rao Anwar. On January 3, Naqeebullah was kidnapped along with two of his friends, Hazrat Ali and […]
Human rights in Pakistan
Human beings are born free but are encountering a number of issues that eventually snatch their freedom and make them slaves. The worst form of slavery is the inability of people to think independently and rationally. This kind of slavery grows when people stop demanding their rights.A nation can never become prosperous till basic rights […]