The writer leads the litigation team at Justice Project Pakistan.
WITH news of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s three-day official visit to Iran comes renewed hope for Pakistani citizens trapped in the country. On the heels of a long-awaited repatriation of Pakistani prisoners from Sri Lanka, this is the opportune moment to facilitate a similar repatriation from Iran a state which has demonstrated a willingness to cooperate and a particularly humane approach to prisoner transfer and release since the Covid-19 pandemic struck the world in early 2020.
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 affords its citizens many rights, and also widens the application of some of those rights past its own borders. Article 4, the right to due process, has been deemed to be of such importance that the state is obligated to protect the same for citizens “wherever they may be”. Thus, any citizen outside Pakistan is entitled to treatment in accordance with the law regar
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Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country formed on the basis of freedom of religious rights for its citizens, is a Muslim majority state, where religious groups and organisations play a pivotal role in the countrys democratic system and political setups.
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Update: 21-April-2021