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Karachi
February 14, 2021
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found in its initial assessment that cases of gender-based violence and other human rights abuses increased across the province during the lockdown imposed to restrict the spread of Covid-19.
The SHRC held a stakeholders’ meeting to discuss the findings of the initial assessment report. The heads and representatives of different institutions and professional groups shared their experiences as well as the challenges they faced during the lockdown.
The commission observed in its assessment that Covid-19 impacted all spheres of life, and human rights is no exception; it rendered a large number of people jobless during the lockdown, causing people to face socio-economic and psychological problems.
Has foreign aid impacted police?
No impact appears to have been made thus far in any of those fields or anywhere else
The writer is a practising lawyer. He holds PHD in Political Science and heads a think-tank ‘Good Governance Forum’. He can be reached at [email protected]
Improving performance of the police by providing good physical environment, better salary packages and building capacity have always been hot topics of discussion with all and sundry. With this aim, different reform commissions and national and international bodies have made various recommendations from time to time.
The enactment of the Police Order 2012, and later on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Act have been steps undertaken to remodel and restructure the police on the lines of a functional specialisation in accordance with the democratic aspirations of the people.