Govt focuses to enforce human rights protection laws: Mazari
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Shireen Mazari said campaigns have been launched to create awareness amongst the people
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has said the government is focusing on implementation of laws pertaining to the protection of human rights.
Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad on Monday, she said child domestic labor has been proscribed through a piece of legislation. She said the provincial governments will also be requested to follow the suit.
The minister said we have one of the most progressive law regarding the rights of transgenders. She said progress has been made to implement it. A transgender center is being established to extend help to this community.
Action to be taken if lawmakers development funds given out of order: SC
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021 Can the prime minister approve development grants according to the law, Constitution and judicial decisions? SC asks
Apex court asks attorney general to seek directives from the government on the matter and revert
PM Imran Khan had last week approved a Rs500m development grant for MPs
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said it will take action if anything is out of order in the matter of the prime minister approving development funds for MPs. Can the prime minister approve development grants according to the law, Constitution and judicial decisions? asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
SC takes notice of PM Imran Khan s move to approve lawmakers funds
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A file photo of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday took notice of Prime Minister Imran Khan s move to announce development grants worth Rs500mn. Can the prime minister approve development grants according to the law, Constitution and judicial decisions? asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Maqbool Baqir took notice of the matter during the hearing of a case and summoned the attorney general.
The apex court tasked the attorney general to seek directives from the government regarding the matter and provide an answer to the Supreme Court.
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Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May just weeks before their wedding the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan s security services.
The men accused the couple of being part of a terrorist organisation from Balochistan, the vast, mineral-rich southern province where the military is fighting a low-level insurgency, Hani said.
Speaking from her small apartment in the megacity of Karachi just 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the province s border Hani told AFP how they were whisked off to a secret jail.
Balochistan: Pakistan’s land of the disappeared
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KARACHI, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May just weeks before their wedding the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan’s security services.
The men accused the couple of being part of a terrorist organisation from Balochistan, the vast, mineral-rich southern province where the military is fighting a low-level insurgency, Hani said.
Speaking from her small apartment in the megacity of Karachi just 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the province’s border Hani told AFP how they were whisked off to a secret jail.