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286 their families in debt bondage. HRCP activities Ahead of the general elections in 2013, HRCP organised meetings on peace and activism for democratic rights throughout the country. A consultation was held on civil-military relations and their impact on human rights and an election desk was established to focus on the exercise of people’s democratic rights with regard to the general elections to be held in early 2013. HRCP arranged live screening of Pakistan’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in order to keep the media and civil society organisations informed of Pakistan’s human rights profile and stance at the UN. HRCP conducted another fact-finding mission to Balochistan in 2012 and a report based on the mission’s findings was published. In the monthly meetings held at all offices, HRCP members discussed human rights issues at the regional and national level. The HRCP Complaints Cell received a large number of queries, complaints and other communications. One of the communications was about a teenaged Pakistani boy, Kashif Ali, who had being detained after accidentally crossing the Pak-India border. He had been declared innocent by an Indian court but was not being sent back to Pakistan. HRCP called upon the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi to intervene and, resultantly, arrangements were made for the boy’s repatriation to Pakistan. The HRCP website and blog drew extensive comments on the Commission’s stance and initiatives, and human rights issues in general. The HRCP online archives were extensively consulted by hundreds of students, researchers, journalists and others interested in information about various aspects of human rights. Besides the paper-based reference material, the HRCP archives from the year 2005 to 2012 became available online in August 2012. As many as 717 individuals accessed the online archives from Pakistan and 26 other countries in 2012 after the August launch. As many as 277 individuals from Pakistan and abroad also visited HRCP’s Reference Section to consult the paper-based archives. A break-up of the organisation’s main activities during the year follows. Workshops/seminars/meetings Jan 10, Peshawar: Training workshop on gathering data on child rights violations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the HRCP’s district coordinators in the province. Jan 13, Multan: Public meeting in the district on peace and tolerance. Jan 15, Makran: Monthly meeting of HRCP members. Jan 16-17, Swabi: Training workshop on human rights and humanitarian values in the fight against extremism. Jan 17, Karachi: Lecture by the HRCP Sindh chapter coordinator on Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Biztek University. Jan 21, Multan: HRCP meeting with trade union workers and lawyers on labour laws and workers’ issues.
A district-level meeting on people’s democratic rights. Jan 21-22, Sukkur: Training workshop on human rights and humanitarian values in the fight against extremism. Jan 22, Hyderabad: Launch of four books on UN conventions on basic freedoms, torture and ethnic discrimination in Sindhi language. Jan 23, Gilgit: Meeting with the Women Development Department, GB to discuss the problems of employees of the department. Jan 24, Gilgit: Meeting with the workers union of the Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO) to discuss their issues and demands. Jan 25, Karachi: Meeting with relatives of missing persons. Jan 25, Turbat: Seminar on peace and activism for democratic rights. Jan 25, Turbat: Seminar on human rights and responsibilities of the youth. Jan 26, Karachi: Meeting with labour leaders to discuss the work and shortcomings of labour courts and the National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC). Jan 26, Gwadar: Seminar on peace and activism for democratic rights. Jan 27, Lasbela: Seminar on peace and activism for democratic rights. Jan 30, Sukkur: Training workshop on human rights and humanitarian values in the fight against extremism. Jan 31, Gilgit: Meeting with the Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Legislative Assembly to discuss the legislative process on human rights related issues in GB. Feb 1, Karachi: Meeting with the Governor of Sindh on the law and order situation in Sindh University, Jamshoro and to urge him to accept the 287 State of Human Rights in 2012
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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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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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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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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
Page 243 and 244: Too many patients, too little space
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Page 251 and 252: diagnostic laboratories, and for-pr
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Page 255 and 256: Housing The state shall secure the
Page 257 and 258: has thus come to be defined by his
Page 259 and 260: Slum in river-bed: Ravi. Waqf prope
Page 261 and 262: houses without outside financing. A
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Page 265 and 266: space, inhabitants are forced to st
Page 267 and 268: Environment All human beings have t
Page 269 and 270: projects with grave environmental i
Page 271 and 272: parallels drawn with the Lyari Expr
Page 273 and 274: in the year under review. The Punja
Page 275 and 276: Trees were valued only as lumber. r
Page 277 and 278: flamingoes and pelicans could be se
Page 279 and 280: environmental protection the power
Page 281 and 282: Refugees All human beings are born
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Page 285 and 286: epatriation. While voluntary repatr
Page 287 and 288: camps in Bangladesh. They face lack
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Page 293: Appendix - I HRCP activities The Hu
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Page 301 and 302: Sep 12, Karachi: Emergency meeting
Page 303 and 304: displacement in Pakistan. Nov 15, H
Page 305 and 306: in Pakistan. Dec 22, Islamabad: Con
Page 307 and 308: Nov 2, Hyderabad: Murder of a young
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Page 311 and 312: Appendix - II HRCP stands Throughou
Page 313 and 314: idden zones. Already the informatio
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Page 317 and 318: making Pakistan unlivable as anyone
Page 319 and 320: in clearly exploitative conditions,
Page 321 and 322: violators and their offences should
Page 323 and 324: questionable at best. Things are wo
Page 325 and 326: the resolve of Malala, civil societ
Page 327 and 328: denied the nourishment they need to
Page 329 and 330: scheme to deprive women of their ri
Page 331 and 332: violence and demands that the gover
Page 333 and 334: forced displacement on account of t
Page 335 and 336: ody also bore torture marks. He had
Page 337 and 338: were more willing to talk and more
Page 339 and 340: water table, debilitating electrici
Page 341 and 342: elections. HRCP welcomed the Electi
Page 343: and precautions taken to save the p
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