report in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2023.KATLANG: Lashing out at those silent over the atrocities being faced by the Palestinian people, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday maintained that international organisations, including the UN, were controlling Pakistan’s politics. “International human rights organisations make our decisions, rendering our own Constitution and laws ineffective,” Fazl said while addressing an event in the Babuzai area of Katlang tehsil in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district. The JUI-F chief regretted…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 24, 2023Thousands of people descended on Kathmandu on Thursday in a major show of force between two rival groups—the supporters of the controversial businessman Durga Prasai and sister organisations of the CPN-UML stewarded by lawmaker Mahesh Basnet. This was the first major demonstration in Kathmandu demanding the reinstatement of monarchy and Hindu state after Nepal became a secular republic in 2008. Fearing clashes between the two sides,…
By Shazia Hasan in Dawn, October 18th, 2023KARACHI: As the humanitarian situation in Gaza becomes desperate after days of relentless bombing by Israeli forces, global aid organisations have said the time was “running out to save millions of people” in the Gaza Strip. Yet, no aid is being allowed inside the besieged enclave. Like global aid agencies, non-governmental organisations in Pakistan are also ready to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, but they cite blockade and…
report in The The Daily Star’, Oct 4, 2023Border killings by the Indian Border Security Force have increased this year compared to the year before, as per statistics compiled by human rights organisations. At least 17 Bangladeshis have been shot to death within the first nine months of this year, while one person was tortured to death, said Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) in a statement yesterday. On the other hand, the Human Rights Support…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, October 2nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the 40 countries across the world where over 220 individuals and 25 organisations faced threats and retaliation from the state and non-state actors for cooperating with the United Nations on human rights, reveals a new report of the UN Secretary-General. The report titled, ‘Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights’ covering the period from May 1,…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 15, 2023Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said cases against Dr Muhammad Yunus had been filed by employees of his organisations, not by the government. “One cannot be above the law just because if he is a Nobel Laureate,” he said this while responding to a question at a media briefing at the foreign ministry yesterday. The foreign minister said since these cases were pending in court, the government…
report in The Daily Morning, Aug 10, 2023A group of monks has pointed out to the Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on An Open and Accountable Government, the need to take legal measures to act on alleged “hate speech” brewing against monks, the latter with a view to fulfilling various needs of non-religious organisations. The said Committee met in the Parliament recently under the Chairmanship of Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi. The monks in question presented their views…