Tag: Education
Report reveals challenges to human rights in Sindh
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urges accountability & transparency in state institutions to address human rights challenges in Sindh. Rise in police encounters and crime, impacting marginalized communities. Women/girls face infrastructure hurdles. Education & healthcare gaps persist. Positive steps, but more needed.
Rights Watch | 2 February 2023
Teacher Accused of Brutally Assaulting Student, Resulting in Suspension of School's Registration
A schoolteacher in Korangi hit a student with a stick, causing fractures in...
Senate panel passes bill to declare corporal punishment a crime
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has passed an amendment bill to deter corporal punishment on children by declaring it as a crime.
A wait-and-see approach to the SNC
From its conception to the method of its development and implementation, the SNC has been surrounded by a stormy debate regarding the practicality of imposing a uniform syllabus, ensuring that the quality of education is equal across educational institutions, and a perceived perpetuation of religious and ethnic inequalities in the syllabus.
No scholarships for Afghan refugee students
Forced to survive on the bare minimum, Afghan refugee youths cannot pay for higher education in Pakistan. Their only hope is govt scholarships, but there have been no schemes in the past 40 years
White Stripes in a Green World
This August 14, two members of the Christian community open up about issues they feel strongly about.
Government urged to raise standard of education, and avoid discrimination
Minorities urge Government to raise standard of education, and avoid discrimination
Remarks made by chief of minorities’ commission regretted by activists
The People’s Commission on Minority Rights (PCMR) has expressed dismay over the reported remarks of Chela Ram, the chief of the state-appointed National Commission on Minorities (NCM), expressing his disagreement with the content of the report presented by the one-man Shoaib Suddle commission to the Supreme Court.
Rights Watch | 16th April 2021
Peshawar East Cantt police on the orders of a sessions court lodged an FIR under section 295-A and 295-C against Aurat Azadi March organizers participants in Islamabad for allegedly displaying blasphemous slogans. For more human rights news, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 10th March 2021
Man guns down wife and her alleged paramour in the Mangoli area of Nasirabad district, Balochistan for 'honour' on Tuesday. Police have arrested the assailant and confiscated the murder weapon. For more stories on human rights abuses in Pakistan, keep reading.
