LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday expressed concern over the reports of alleged torture on at least five political activists in the Gilgit Jail, saying the reports were exceedingly worrying and hinted at the authorities’ refusal to learn from past mistakes. The commission said, “HRCP notes with concern that the five activists who have been in prison for several months continue to face very harsh treatment for protesting against the poor…
Posts published in May 2012
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 4 GILGIT: The police and jail authorities of Gilgit have been accused of torturing three progressive youth activists being held in Gilgit Jail. The news came after the relatives and the lawyer of the three activists — Progressive Youth Movement Chief Organiser Baba Jan, Iftikhar Hussain and Ameer Khan — complained to the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hussain Akhtar on Thursday. They asked the…
By Khalid Mustafa in The News, May 2, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has agreed in principle to fund the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, a senior official at the Ministry of Finance told The News.“The Finance Minister had written a letter to the president of the World Bank seeking funding for the project,” he said. “The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – the lead financial institution in providing funds for Diamer-Bhahsa dam – had asked the government of…
GILGIT, May 1: Police recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition and arrested two people here on Tuesday. Deputy Inspector General of Police Ali Sher told reporters in Gilgit that police on a tip-off raided a place in Kargah Nullah and recovered several SMGs, rifles, shotguns, pistols and live bullets. He said police also stopped a Chilas-bound vehicle at Hamochal checkpost and recovered explosives concealed in it and arrested the driver. http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/arms-recovered-3/
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 1 GILGIT: Saad Khan, a scrap collector, does not know if his rights as a labourer are protected under the law, nor was he ever told about it. He continues to be exploited at the hands of his employer. On the contrary, Hafizur Rehman, a grade-1 employee in a government-funded project, knows that the fixed minimum wage in the preceding years is around Rs7,500 per month, yet…