Pakistan: Karachi man arrested for harassing woman
21 Jul 2021, 12:55 GMT+10
Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): A Karachi man was arrested on Tuesday for harassing a woman in Sharah-e-Faisal area while she was travelling in a rickshaw.
As per Geo News, the woman posted a video of her ordeal on Facebook that was widely shared on social media, after which the police had to take action against the culprit.
After posting the videos on Facebook, the woman appealed to the masses to share them as much as possible so that authorities could take action.
In the video, the culprit could be seen chasing the woman while riding a motorcycle. Some of his accomplices were also with him, riding on different motorcycles.
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A civil rights group, Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), has floated an online petition titled Governments of South Asia: Time for the Establishment of a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism , stating that South Asian states should work towards the establishment of a regional mechanism for human rights at the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) SAARC level in order to create better conditions for peace in South Asia.
Such a mechanism, says the petition, should act as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of masculinity driven militarist traditions as a weapon of war and conflict. Such regional mechanisms are important in order to minimise the potential risks of armed conflict , it insists.
Report highlighting plight of agriculture workers in Sindh launched
July 17, 2021
Labour and rights activists on Friday demanded of the Sindh government to implement laws pertaining to the rights of agriculture workers, including Sindh Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 2015 and the Sindh Tenancy Act 1950.
Addressing the launch ceremony of ‘The State of Peasants’ Rights in Sindh 2020 report, prepared by the Hari Welfare Association (HWA), at the Karachi Press Club, the speakers expressed their concerns over the plight of agriculture workers, who were facing social and economic exclusion, expulsion from the agriculture fields where they worked and the non-payment of their dues by influential landlords.
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BEING the only public-sector medical college in Islamabad, the Federal Medical College, previously known as the Federal Medical and Dental College, has remained an orphan since its inception in 2012.
Even after one whole decade, the college lacks basic amenities and facilities for the students, although it is an affiliate medical college of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University.
The washrooms meant for girls are in a rundown condition and there is no canteen or cafeteria for the students. During scorching summers, most air conditioners remain out of order and the ones working are turned off by the college administration. There are no proper lecture halls with requisite equipment and laboratory facilities. In fact, the building housing the medical college belongs to an institution for special children and has been illegally and unethically occupied despite notices having been issued by the Human Rights Commission of Paki