report in The Express Tribune, Oct 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Friday took exception to a bill passed by the Standing Committee on Interior regarding public executions, saying that the legislation was green-lighted without appreciating the seriousness of the matter from a human rights perspective. The committee met with its Chairman Walid Iqbal in the chair. He told the committee that in the last few days, he had been flooded…
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report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023KARACH: The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was informed on Wednesday that a growing number of beggars from Pakistan were moving abroad, which has spurred ‘human trafficking’. Secretary Zulfikar Haider of Ministry for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development made this disclosure during a discussion in the Senate panel on the issue of skilled and unskilled labour leaving Pakistan, Dawn.com reported. In a startling revelation, Secretary Haider informed the…
by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has expressed concerns over the misuse of blasphemy laws to settle personal scores and observed that incidents like Jaranwala were “a matter of great shame for the nation”. In a meeting chaired by Senator Waleed Iqbal on Tuesday, the committee also sought details of persons detained under blasphemy laws. “It is a matter of serious concern when people take the…