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HRCP asks if Pakistan can fulfil its commitment to human rights

ISLAMABAD: In the year 2017 Pakistan was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is ‘responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.’ While this was deemed a ‘diplomatic success’,the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has observed that the country’s disappointing third Universal Periodic Review is cause

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Democracy or kleptocracy?

By Khalid Pervaiz (Booni) Democracy, as defined by Abraham Lincoln, implies a government by the people, of the people and for the people. As opposed to that, In Pakistan this form of government has always been defined and practiced as ‘buy the people, off the people and far the people’. The common man in our

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The Pakhtun identity crisis

By Nadeem F. Paracha The Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), despite being ignored by the mainstream media, is drawing huge crowds of young and old Pakhtuns. The movement is positioning itself as a platform to protect the rights and lives of the Pakhtuns from what it considers are elements from within and outside the state bent

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