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
A Karachi court has rejected a jactitation of marriage suit filed by Dua Zehra, the teenage girl who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi and later found to have married in Punjab in 2022. Civil Judge (East) Muhammad Nouman Jatoi declared her marriage
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), under the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, organised a seminar titled “Environmental Governance and Sustainability Challenges in Sindh” at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. The event was attended by guests, prominent environmental experts, industrialists,
A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for rape of a minor boy. Muneer Ahmed was found guilty of assaulting the 10-year-old boy in Chakiwara, Lyari on August 16, 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor observed
KARACHI: The provincial government on 27th January tabled the Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill in the Sindh Assembly, finally paving the way for bureaucrats to be appointed as chairmen of the boards. Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed referred the amended
HYDERABAD: Speakers at the concluding session of a workshop here on 14th January discussed key legal protections, human rights mechanisms and enforcement strategies to promote equitable treatment for minorities. The workshop was aimed at enhancing capacity of Sindh government officials to safeguard
SUKKUR: The District Advisory and Implementation Panel has called for devising joint actions for urgent implementation of the Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Young Child Nutrition Act, 2023. Iqbal Detho, chairperson of the Sindh Human Rights Commission who co-chaired a
KARACHI: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon was informed in a meeting that in the initial phase of implementing the Sindh Habitual Offenders Monitoring Act 2022, 4,000 habitual criminals will be monitored through electronic tagging devices. The meeting was attended
Parliamentarians have a deep connection to people’s concerns. At a time when our societies are increasingly divided, parliaments can promote the essential values of respect, dialogue and compromise. There can be no place for discriminatory and xenophobic rhetoric, which scars societies and
The Sindh government is likely to adopt a law soon making the entry of Computerised National Identity Card numbers of the would-be married couples in their Nikahnama compulsory to prevent underage marriages in the province. Sindh Women Development Minister Shaheena Sher Ali