Tag: Human Rights
Kashmir: UN experts call for urgent action to remedy “alarming” human...
Monitoring Desk
A year after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on India and the...
Human Rights: Mehwish Hayat appointed goodwill ambassador
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan's leading actress Mehwish Hayat has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for girls' rights by country’s Ministry of Human Rights.
The recipient of...
South Asia: UN Human Rights Commissioner concerned over situation in Occupied...
Monitoring Desk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed serious concerns over the prevailing human rights situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
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Pakistan rubbishes Indian claims of ‘normalcy’ in occupied Kashmir
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan has "categorically rejected" Indian government's attempts to "portray normalcy in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir".
According to statement of Foreign Office ,despite...
Pakistan failing to educate girls, says HRW
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan is failing to educate its girls, a report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The report relies on data from...
UN honours Pakistani Human rights activist Asma Jahangir
By Muhammad Luqman
United Nations has awarded the co-founder of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan with prestigious Human Rights Award posthumously for the year 2018.
In...
Human Rights activist Asma Jahangir passes away
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan’s renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday. She was 66.
The...
Kashmiri Human Rights activists win Rafto Prize
By Muhammad Luqman
Two human rights activists from the Indian Held Kashmir have been awarded prestigious Rafto Prize for courageously highlighting the rights violations in...