Report in Dawn, January 27th, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Jan 30 to present Pakistan’s national progress report under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the council, the Foreign Office said on Thursday.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch informed media during FO’s weekly briefing that this would be Pakistan’s 4th review. Previously, she said, Pakistan had been reviewed under this process in 2008, 2012 and 2017.
In the presentation, Ms Baloch said, the minister of state would outline the wide-ranging legal, policy, administrative and institutional steps taken by Pakistan to safeguard and advance human rights over the last five years.
Ms Khar will also highlight Pakistan’s important contributions towards global human rights discourse and norm-building…..
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