Mr. Allah Dino Khowaja, Secretary Ministry of Human Rights representing Pakistan delivered a comprehensive statement at the Ministerial Roundtable as part of #CSW69, reaffirming Pakistan’s dedication to advancing #genderequality and #womenempowement.
THE last few years have seen a slow expansion of social assistance programmes in Pakistan. Among mainstream political parties, the PPP claims to embrace such programmes as a policy measure. In 2008, the PPP-led federal government introduced the first targeted cash transfer
This article aims to explore the legislative review functions of Pakistan’s Independent Rights Commissions (IRCs), including the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), and the National Commission on the Rights of the Child
Human rights and access to justice are fundamental pillars of any democratic society, serving as the bedrock for the protection of individual liberties and the rule of law. In Pakistan, where the Constitution of 1973 embodies principles of democracy, rule of law,
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Children’s Parliament, which held a session in Hyderabad on January 19, appears far from being satisfied with the state of education in the province as it finds the allocated budget lacking and its utilisation missing. The Children’s Parliament was
KARACHI: For the protection of human rights, various official organizations are working in Sindh, among which the Sindh Human Rights Commission, Sindh Commission for the Status of Women and the Sindh Child Protection Authority are at the top. However, none of these
EVEN as the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) was being observed across the globe, including in Pakistan, a young female lecturer and mother of three was brutally murdered by her husband in an incident
These cases are not just statistics; they reflect the violent stripping of women’s autonomy and dignity under the guise of family ‘honour’. In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity
IN the 1960s, governments started introducing labour welfare schemes primarily comprising benefits such as medical care and cash benefits, old-age pension, housing, free school education, share in company profit and employment for differently abled persons. The medical and pension schemes require regular
PAKISTAN’S first comprehensive occupational safety and health (OSH) profile exposes the inadequacies of worker protection in a country where over 72m people constitute the formal workforce. It arrives against a backdrop of preventable industrial tragedies: the 2012 Baldia factory fire in Karachi,