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In her current position as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Pakistan, Rabiya has taken up several important human rights issues including employment of minorities and quota system, inheritance rights of Pakistani women, rights of transgender persons, prevention of domestic violence, prison reform, access to ...
The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk said he was “alarmed” by reports of abuse of Afghan refugees in Pakistan amid an ongoing policy of mass deportation, according to a ...
In 2022, Freedom House rated Pakistan’s human rights at 37 out of 100 (partly free). [6] Violence against women is an important social issue in Pakistan. An estimated 5,000 women are killed per year as a result of domestic violence, with many maimed or disabled.
The Bannu Jirga was held at Mirakhel Cricket Ground in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 11 to 14 March 2022 to discuss the critical issues faced by the Pashtuns in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [5] [6] It was attended by about 5,000 delegates, including politicians, tribal chiefs, researchers, clerics, religious minorities, women and human rights ...
Honour killings in Pakistan [1] are known locally as karo-kari (Urdu: کاروکاری). [2] According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour killings were reported in Pakistan in 2021. But human rights defenders estimate that around 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year.
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According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) [45] [46] and Al Jazeera, [47] there has been a surge in religious extremism in Balochistan, with banned terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and Pakistani Taliban targeting Hindus, Shias (including Hazaras), and Zikris, resulting in the migration of over 210,000 Shias ...
Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an NGO with its secretariat based in Lahore, Pakistan that engages in result-oriented research, evidence-based public policy advocacy and capacity building concerning human rights, democratic development and social justice for the marginalized groups in Pakistan in particular.