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Highlights
Laws and law-making
The most significant enactments in 2012 included the 20th
Constitutional Amendment which was related to electoral matters.
The law for the establishment of a National Commission of
Human Rights came into force but remained unimplemented.
The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW)
became autonomous. It sponsored four bills concerning minority rights
but little progress was made concerning their passing.
Bills on accountability, freedom of information, and one aimed
at increasing minority seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies
failed to complete the legislative process.
No domestic legislation to facilitate implementation of
international human rights instruments was possible.
22 Acts were made and eight ordinances issued.
Administration of justice
A state of confrontation between the judiciary and the executive
persisted as the Supreme Court extended the limits of judicial activism
and the government was found wanting in compliance.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani was convicted of contempt
of court and lost his office and seat in the National Assembly. His
successor barely escaped the same fate and eventually complied with
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State of Human Rights in 2012