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Sta State Sta te of of Human Human
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Published by Human Rights Commissio
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Abbreviations ADB Asian Development
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PONM Pakistan Oppressed Nations Mov
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iv divided its people and still doe
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vi Glossary as a token of his earne
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Introduction There is no question t
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Highlights Laws and law-making The
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in the country. According to UNESC
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13 State of Human Rights in 2012
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Laws and law-making ... fundamental
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6. The State Bank of Pakistan (Amen
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Administration of justice To enjoy
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citizens seeking redress for a vari
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judgment under Article 187 of the c
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of requests, status and claims, is
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points: ♦ The citizens of Pakista
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for election as a member of parliam
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its efforts to fights corruption wh
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of citizens. In November some obser
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Protests against enforced disappear
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petition that his son, Gul Mohamamd
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health every four days. The detaine
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adopt other means to inform the vot
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the appointment of Justice Kasi as
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committed any illegal acts, includi
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observed that instead of taking act
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cases had been decided. A statement
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Sr Name/s Distt/City/ U/S PPC Charg
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the complainant imam of doing what
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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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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