LAHORE:Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has laid the foundation of transparency and honesty in politics and there is no future for corrupt.
Parveen Sarwar for release of petty crime prisoners
July 7, 2021
Lahore: Parveen Sarwar, Punjab governor’s wife, has called for a list of all those in prisons in petty crimes and said they should be released. She stated this while addressing the first meeting of the Women’s Peace Council Core Committee as its patron on Tuesday. The speakers pointed out the need to change the mindset to counter extremism. Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine also spoke.
PU event with Thalassaemia Children today
June 29, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab University Department of Social Work, in collaboration with Sundas Foundation, will organise an event with children suffering from Thalassaemia on Tuesday (today) at 6pm at PU executive club. Provincial Minister for Human Rights & Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine, PU VC Prof Niaz Ahmad Akther and others will participate in the event.
LAHORE:Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a video-link meeting about the construction of low-cost houses for the underprivileged strata. SACM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, chief secretary, chairman.
Funeral prayers for rights activist I.A. Rehman being offered. White Star
LAHORE: Leaders from across the political spectrum, several civil society members and cultural bodies mourned the loss of the country’s most prolific and iconic journalist and a long-time human rights champion, Ibn Abdur Rehman, commonly known as I.A. Rehman, who passed away here on Monday morning.
Rehman sahib was 90 and suffering from various health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
The HRCP, in a statement, said it was devastated at the loss of its honorary spokesperson and former secretary general. Rehman served as the commission’s director from 1990 to 2008 before being elected its secretary general in 2008 a post he held till 2016. He was also a co-founder of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, a bureau member of South Asians for Human Rights and former chairperson of the South Asian Forum for Human Rights.