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Hadd: Plural hudood: Islamic punishment Hari: Sindhi peasant, tenant or farm labourer Hujra: Retiring room of an Imam or any religious person or outhouse Iddat: The period a Muslim woman is required to spend in relative seclusion after divorce or death of her husband Iftar: The fare for breaking fast Ijtihad: Research and reinterpretation of Islamic intent in relation to specific issues. Ijtima: Congregation Imam: Prayer leader Imambargah: Shias’ place of holy congregation Isha: The Muslim prayer due after nightfall Jirga: A gathering of elders, which especially in tribal societies settles disputes, decides criminal cases etc Kalima: Quranic formulation of a basic Islamic tenet Karo kari: A traditional, feudal custom which still continues whereby couples found in, or more often merely suspected of, adulterous relationship are summarily done to death by the family members themselves. The law takes a lenient view of this “crime of honour”, which often leads it to be abused Katchi Abadi: Settlement of homes, many made of unbaked bricks or timber and cloth, which have cropped up across the country. Khan: A term frequently used to refer to an influential feudal in the area. Khan is also a common surname Khateeb: Person who delivers religious sermons before prayers Khidmat committees: Service bodies, comprising government nominees, required to check failures of public institutions and officials Khula: Divorce in which the move for the dissolution of marriage comes from the wife’s side. The procedure for this is different from talaq, the divorce pronounced by the husband. Kutchery: Court. The kutchery of recent currency is the audience given by ministers or officials for receiving public complaints Maghreb: Time at sunset. Also the Muslim prayer due then Malik: A tribal chief. Other variants are Sardar and Khan Marla: 25 sq yds or 21 sq metres. 20 marlas make a kanal Masjid: Mosque Mehfil: Gathering Mehr: The money the groom pledges to the bride at the time of the wedding v State of Human Rights in 2012
vi Glossary as a token of his earnestness Moharrir: Police station clerk who records complaints and crime reports. Mullah: Formerly an appellation for an Islamic scholar, now it often refers pejoratively to a semi-literate fanatical campaigner and pronouncer of the orthodox Islamic view in the community. Closer to its original sense are maulana, moulvi and alim (for religious scholar, plural ulema) Muharrum: Muslim month of mourning, most devoutedly marked by Shias Naib Qasid: Peon Najis: Something religiously regarded as impure, impermissible Napaid bazo: Family’s decision to wed one off ahead of birth Nazim: Mayor - Naib Nazim:Deputy Mayor Nikah: Nuptials Nikahkhwan: The officially appointed moulvi, a religious person, who solemnizes marriages Nikahnama: The document making note of a marriage contract with various clauses listed under it to determine the agreement reached at the time of the marriage with respect to dowry, mehr and other matters. Panchayat: A gathering of elders Patharidar: The village feudal who quietly patronises and provides protection to criminal gangs or individuals while using them to tame his enemies and help in maintenance of his hold over the commonalty and his status among his peers. Some also have a cut in the dacoits’ booty Peshgi: Advance payment against labour Pir: A religious figure who often, because he is believed to be spiritually close to some venerable saint of the past, acquires a wide following of his own. The devotees of a pir look up to him as a spiritual, and even a physical, healer, guide and source of salvation Pucca: Literally solid. Generally refers to houses made of baked brick etc. Purdah: Veil Qabza: Forceful seizure and occupation Qatl: Murder; Qatl-i-amd: Premeditated murder Qazf: False imputation of immorality against a woman Qazi: A judge of an Islamic court; in Islamic tradition the man entrusted to mete out justice. Qisas: Punishment identical to the crime: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Page 3: Sta State Sta te of of Human Human
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Page 9 and 10: Abbreviations ADB Asian Development
Page 11 and 12: PONM Pakistan Oppressed Nations Mov
Page 13: iv divided its people and still doe
Page 17 and 18: Introduction There is no question t
Page 19 and 20: Highlights Laws and law-making The
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Page 25 and 26: Laws and law-making ... fundamental
Page 27 and 28: 6. The State Bank of Pakistan (Amen
Page 29 and 30: Administration of justice To enjoy
Page 31 and 32: citizens seeking redress for a vari
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Page 41 and 42: its efforts to fights corruption wh
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Page 45 and 46: Protests against enforced disappear
Page 47 and 48: petition that his son, Gul Mohamamd
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Page 55 and 56: committed any illegal acts, includi
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The civil society continued its cam
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Enforcement of law 57 State of Huma
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Law and order No person who is arre
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of capturing and prosecuting terror
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in sectarian violence across the co
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Iran-bound pilgrims were repeatedly
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Many parts of Karachi continued to
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Jails, prisoners and ‘disappearan
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gone missing were found in deserted
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exception of Balochistan where the
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only because they lacked the means
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were baseless and they were only be
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missing persons at the SC’s princ
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charges once all judicial challenge
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Sr.# Prisons Authorised Capacity 19
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Sr.# Prisons Authorised Capacity Pr
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specifically to cover enforced disa
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90 Freedom of movement
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92 Freedom of movement Thus far and
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94 reasons for the restriction to t
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96 2012. Pakistan suffered a severe
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98 police and Rangers, such as one
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100 Freedom of thought, conscience
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102 attacks on the Hazaras was such
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104 where around a dozen armed men
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106 reportedly beat him up and verb
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108 citing religious persecution at
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110 Freedom of thought, conscience
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112 the year that Pakistan was acco
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114 down the Christians’ homes. F
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116 custody and a case registered a
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118 Freedom of expression dangerous
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120 Pakhtunkhwa. Mukarram was also
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122 Freedom of expression Journalis
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124 when the bomb disposal experts
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126 light, the media showed an utte
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128 Freedom of expression in Decemb
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130 four girls and two boys in the
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132 Freedom of assembly Islamabad:
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134 assemblies or taking out proces
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136 the country expressed the fear
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138 Freedom of assembly Tear-gas an
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140 gatherings of a substantial sec
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142 Freedom of association Hyderaba
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144 Freedom of association Bashir B
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146 where extremist militants held
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148 Political participation
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150 Political participation Polls-r
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152 society. Another measure to int
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154 constituencies was a futile tas
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156 Political participation Women a
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159 State of Human Rights in 2012
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Women All citizens are equal before
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the package were measures such as r
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home-based workers, implementation
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Demanding revival of local governme
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women were prevented from voting in
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years of age. Violence against wome
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siblings and cousins consented, her
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in just the month of January about
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Children No child below the age of
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the country, adoption of the Right
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Development Index (EDI) is 113, whi
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Young voices lend support to Malala
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Attock, Chakwal, Katas, Ikhlaspur,
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to unofficial estimates, almost 10
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According to available UNICEF stati
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conflict-hit areas needed assistanc
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According to the report, South Asia
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Labour The state shall ensure the e
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A group of bald protesters shout sl
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situation combined to make it ever
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demonstrated by easily avoidable di
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Protest against arrest of power-loo
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that the protesting tenants did not
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CNG Association also staged protest
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level, the Industrial Relations Ord
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to drop slips demanding huge sums o
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Bonded labourers recovered in a rai
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million children between the ages o
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217 State of Human Rights in 2012
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Education (1) Everyone has the righ
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Planning and Development Division,
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Students returned to the rubble of
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lacked toilets, and 59.6% schools h
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decision to establish new universit
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failed to impress. Adult literacy r
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As prices of book escalated used bo
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Health The state shall secure the w
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Too many patients, too little space
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monitored data on suicides showed a
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mechanisms. Cough syrup scandal In
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More than 3.5 million Pakistani chi
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diagnostic laboratories, and for-pr
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incidents leading to deaths due to
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Housing The state shall secure the
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has thus come to be defined by his
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Slum in river-bed: Ravi. Waqf prope
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houses without outside financing. A
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for civic amenities and even gravey
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space, inhabitants are forced to st
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Environment All human beings have t
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projects with grave environmental i
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parallels drawn with the Lyari Expr
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in the year under review. The Punja
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Trees were valued only as lumber. r
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flamingoes and pelicans could be se
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environmental protection the power
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Refugees All human beings are born
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not figure in the national discours
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epatriation. While voluntary repatr
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camps in Bangladesh. They face lack
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the need for trust building and set
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State of Human Rights in 2012 Appen
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Appendix - I HRCP activities The Hu
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A district-level meeting on people
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ights. Apr 14-15, Battagram: Traini
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democratic rights, with emphasis on
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Sep 12, Karachi: Emergency meeting
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displacement in Pakistan. Nov 15, H
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in Pakistan. Dec 22, Islamabad: Con
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Nov 2, Hyderabad: Murder of a young
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Penalty. Oct 11, Karachi: Candlelig
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Appendix - II HRCP stands Throughou
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idden zones. Already the informatio
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oot cause of the problem must be id
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making Pakistan unlivable as anyone
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in clearly exploitative conditions,
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violators and their offences should
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questionable at best. Things are wo
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the resolve of Malala, civil societ
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denied the nourishment they need to
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scheme to deprive women of their ri
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violence and demands that the gover
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forced displacement on account of t
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ody also bore torture marks. He had
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were more willing to talk and more
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water table, debilitating electrici
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elections. HRCP welcomed the Electi
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and precautions taken to save the p
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