Pakistan witnessed substantial human rights violations in 2020: Report
Curbs on the media continued through the year, with many journalists complaining that they were compelled to self-censor for fear of being persecuted by either non-state or state actors.
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LAHORE: As in preceding years, Pakistan witnessed substantial human rights violations in 2020, from forced conversions of religious minorities and crimes against women to enforced disappearances and curbs on freedom of expression, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said in its annual report.
In the report titled, State of Human Rights in 2020 , HRCP added that as the experience of 2020 shows, these injustices, if left simmering, only intensify during severe crises such as a pandemic. While this makes mitigation efforts all the more difficult, it does not mean that it makes them impossible.
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ISLAMABAD: Inviting the opposition parties again for talks on electoral reforms, the government on Monday vowed to go ahead with its reforms plan even without their support, claiming to have the needed parliamentary strength to carry out most of the proposed changes to the election laws, including the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Speaking at a news conference, federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan presented salient features of the proposed reforms for which they would have to bring amendments to the Elections Act 2017 as well as the Constitution.
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Advisor to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan Monday said the incumbent government is committed to bringing electoral reforms in the country to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the future.
Addressing a presser along with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to bring improvement in the electoral laws in given circumstances and 49 changes are being made in the Election Act, 2017 by introducing or abrogating sections and making amendments in the existing sections.
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Fawad, Babar say reforms aimed at increasing trust of people, parties in election process
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain and Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan shared details of the reforms agenda at a news conference in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD:
The federal government on Monday unveiled a series of amendments to the Constitution, laws and the Election Act 2017 as part of its electoral reform agenda in order to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the future and end the controversy and allegations of rigging forever.
At a joint press conference with Prime Minister’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry once again invited the opposition for talks, saying that legislating reform was the responsibility of parliament and not the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).