ADDIS ABABA : US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday renewed a plea to Nigerian authorities to ensure the military does not carry out atrocities against civilians in its clampdown on militants.Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a ...

DUBAI : Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged the United Arab Emirates not to deport migrant building workers for staging a rare strike to demand better pay and conditions."It would be scandalous if the UAE deported workers who have taken a courageous stand for their basic rights," HRW Middle East ...

    KARACHI Speakers at a consultation on minorities’ rights on Saturday underlined the need for formulation of laws to end discrimination against oppressed sections including non-Muslims. “Discrimination and acts like forced conversion of Hindu girls should be declared as ...

karachiThe caretaker government of Sindh has set up Sindh Human Rights Commission, said Mrs Anis Haroon, minister for women development and human rights.She said that a law was passed by the Sindh Assembly in 2011 which came into force since May 1, 2013 after the approval of caretaker Chief ...

DHAKA - Bangladesh should hold an independent probe into a police crackdown on Islamist protests in which dozens died earlier this week to prevent future “bloodbaths”, a global human rights body urged Saturday.There are varying death tolls but an AFP tally from police and medical ...

A delegation of various minorities called on Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi at Chief Minister’s Secretariat Thursday. Role of minorities in the development of country, their rights and problems being faced by them, were discussed during the meeting. Provincial Minister for Minority ...

KARACHI  - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) organised May Day rally to commemorate the declaration of labour rights. The rally demanded better wages, facilities and environment for the labourers.Zulfikar Thaver, as representative of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has vowed to protect workers’ rights and better employers-employees relationships.“We will make sure that labourers have access to justice at every forum while their wages will gradually be raised to Rs 15,000 a ...

As the story goes, one of our ex-ministers was invited to the inauguration of a new ward in a government hospital. On his way to the ceremony, he noticed a board with a writing ‘Labour Room’ hanging outside. He very gladly turned back and congratulated the doctor for taking care of the ...

New York - A prominent international human rights watchdog Monday urged Pakistan to use law enforcement agencies and, if essential, the army to provide as much protection as possible to candidates and political parties from Taliban attacks. Unless the interim government, the country’s ...

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called for the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order for giving voting rights to overseas Pakistanis.“Overseas Pakistanis, who send billions of dollars in remittances each year, are our major asset,” the former PM told a delegation ...

washington - A U.S. report on human rights has sharply criticized Pakistan's record in the field last year, saying Lack of government accountability remained a pervasive problem.  "The most serious human rights problems were extrajudicial and targeted killings, forced disappearances, and ...

MULTAN The members of Consumers Protection Council (CPC) Multan chapter are going to launch a drive for creation of awareness on rights of consumers. This was disclosed by the chairman of the council Syed Gulzar Shah during a meeting here on Thursday. He added that the members of the council would ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - Ex-servicemen and civil retirees in a joint meeting have decided to support in upcoming elections a political party that pledges to ensure the execution of “one rank one pension” scheme. The meeting was presided over by Major (r) Sher Muhammad Gondal, the president of ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - Ex-servicemen and civil retirees in a joint meeting have decided to support in upcoming elections a political party that pledges to ensure the execution of “one rank one pension” scheme. The meeting was presided over by Major (r) Sher Muhammad Gondal, the president of ...

WASHINGTON - Several former administration officials who are now out of government are criticising President Barack Obama over the secretive nature of the US drone programme that has led to the killing of hundreds of civilians in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.At the same time, 10 civil and human ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - Awami Workers Party (AWP) Central Secretary General and candidate from PP-86 Farooq Tariq has said that minorities in Pakistan are not enjoying rights as compared to the Muslims. While addressing a gathering of Christian community in Mubarakabad colony here on Tuesday, he stressed ...

All ministries have assured their complete cooperation regarding ongoing efforts to render voting rights to overseas Pakistanis, ECP Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed said on Wednesday.Speaking to reporters after attending a key meeting on voting rights of overseas Pakistanis at the ECP office, Ahmed said ...

BERLIN - Rights groups and opposition leaders called for a strong turnout at planned protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin when he arrives in Germany for a trade fair Sunday.Activists and critics said Putin should be held to account for a recent crackdown on non-governmental ...

FAISALABAD - A seminar on” Intellectual Property Rights” was held in collaboration with the National Textile University, the Pakistan Scientific & Technology Information Centre and the Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad. The seminar was chaired by Dr Muhammad Akram Sheikh, the ...

FAISALABAD - A seminar on” Intellectual Property Rights” was held in collaboration with the National Textile University, the Pakistan Scientific & Technology Information Centre and the Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad. The seminar was chaired by Dr Muhammad Akram Sheikh, the ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN human rights chief Friday urged all branches of the US Government to work together to close the Guantanamo detention centre, stressing that the indefinite incarceration of detainees is a clear breach of international law.“I am deeply disappointed that the US Government ...

LAHORE – Vowing to guard public rights, Chief Minister Najam Sethi said a helpline is being set up in the Punjab Information Technology Board to provide protection to minorities and women facing violence.Presiding over a meeting at the CM Secretariat Friday, he said He said that women and ...

QUETTA - Violence against Pakistani Shia Muslims is rising and some communities are living in a state of siege, a human rights group said on Friday, warning that sectarian violence will only get worse a day after 114 people were killed in bombings.Most of the deaths were caused by twin attacks ...

Congress and President Obama have been buffeted by criticism for the way they handled, or mishandled, legislation designed to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Comparatively, little attention has been paid to another recent failure of statesmanship by both of those ...

GENEVA/NEW DELHI - The UN's high commissioner for human rights called Monday for measures to help India rid itself of the "scourge" of rape, but rejected the death penalty for six men facing gang rape and murder charges.Amid vigils and protests over the death of a 23-year-old student in a rape case ...

Last weekend, I attended a national conference organised under the auspices of the new Inter-University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS). It was a great event and many interesting talks were given and a myriad of ideas shared. At the Q&A session, a young visitor from a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A human rights organisation says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which US agents used waterboarding or a similar harsh interrogation technique on Libyan militants held by American forces in Afghanistan.In a report released on Thursday, Human ...

ISLAMABAD  - Rector International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) Prof Dr Masoom Yasinzai has said that rights and duties are correlated with each other. He was addressing at a reception organised by Officers Welfare Association (OWA) of the IIUI in the honour of recently promoted and ...

LAHORE – Love and affection is a one of the most prior needs for every person who born in this world, a baby who born in this cruel world don’t know anything what’s happening around him is there a war or a wedding, a screaming or a sound of hurrah! He only recognizes the love and ...