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Pakistan Human Rights Advocate I.A. Rehman Passes Away
As director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Rehman had contributed to raising awareness about rights and fundamental freedoms.
I.A. Rehman. Photo: Twitter
Human rights advocate I.A. Rehman passed away in Lahore on Monday at the age of 90.
His funeral will be held at Masjid Al Quds A-1 Society Township near LRBT hospital after Isha prayers. Rehman left behind three sons and two daughters. His wife had passed away earlier in 2015. According to his family, he was diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure.
According to the Human Rights Office, Rehman was born in India in 1930 and served as an editor for several influential publications. He was also a founding member of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy.
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1 Critics of armed forces to face jail or fine of up to Rs 5 lakh Pakistan’s National Assembly (NA) panel has passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2020, aimed at penalizing anyone on charges of hatred and disrespectful behaviour against the country’s armed forces.
The opposition’s anti-military tirade had prompted the government to introduce a bill in the NA, seeking to jail anyone who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames the military”.
2 Putin offers ‘blank cheque’ to Pakistan, official says When Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov visited Islamabad last week, he is believed to have delivered an important message to the Pakistani leadership.
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