Striving for a Human Rights friendly Pakistan
Celebration of Universal Children’s Day 2017: It’s a Kids Take Over Tuesday, 21st Nov 2017 at I-12 Camp Islamabad Organized by SHARP-Pakistan United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights Read More …
On 15th November 2017, SHARP ALAC-II team organized One-Day training Workshop in collaboration with UNHCR to sensitize Police officials on “Human & Refugee Rights†in context of National & International Law at Police Training College, Lahore. The workshop started off with recitation of Holy Quran. After this, Mr. Usman Ali welcomed all the participants and the Honorable guests on behalf of SHARP-Pakistan. He also highlighted the main objective for conducting this training workshop. Mr. Hamid Read More …
On 14th November 2017, SHARP ALAC-III team organized One-Day training Workshop in Collaboration with UNHCR to sensitize Police officials on “Human & Refugee Rights†in context of National & International Law at Police Line, District, Bhakkar to brief them about Human and Refugee Rights, Foreigners Act, 1946, Social & Legal Status of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan. In this training workshop 88 senior police officials Included (DSP’s, SHO’s, SI’s, ASI’s and other investigation officers) participated. The Read More …
The United Nation’s Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights Read More …
No Pakistani to enter country from Afghanistan, after Nov 15
First ever refugee school in Punjab formally upgraded, affiliated with board Nansen Refugee Award winner completed education project in Punjab KOT CHANDNA, MIANWALI, 26 October 2017 – Ms. Aqeela Asifi – the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner – has successfully completed her education project in Kot Chandna refugee village in Mianwali district in Punjab, benefiting over 200 female students. The government of Punjab has formally upgraded the Community Girls Model School No 2, which is Read More …
SHARP-Pakistan’s Karachi Office organized a one-day Capacity building training for Public Prosecutors on 31st Oct, 2017 at Mehran Hotel Karachi. The topic of the training was “Human Rights and Refugee Laws with respect to National and International frameworks†Numbers of Public Prosecutors from All 6 Districts of Karachi have attended the training. The training consisted of following 3 sessions. 1) Mr. Bilal Agha (Representative of UNHCR in Karachi) delivered his presentation on “Protection of Refugees Read More …
Title: Newsletter for Jul-Sep 2017, Issue No. 07 File type: PDF Link to view or browse the newsletter:
By Qadeer Tanoli Published: October 24, 2017 ISLAMABAD:  Senate Standing Committee on Interior passed on Monday three bills – including ‘The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2017’ – which seeks to put restriction on marriages, especially of girls below 18 years of age.The Senate panel also passed ‘The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2017’ seeking stringent punishment for misconduct in public by a drunken person. It also passed ‘The Prevention of Witchcraft Bill, 2017’, a first-ever bill of Read More …
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday opened the first-ever court in Punjab to deal with gender-based violence cases. The special court would work at the Lahore Judicial Complex with an additional district & sessions judge as its presiding judge. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Chief Justice Shah regretted that the Supreme Court had in 2013 clearly issued direction for the establishment of such courts but the matter was delayed. Read More …