Toronto: March 20, 2009. (PCP) Canada takes the issue of a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue very seriously and it regularly presses India to respect human rights of Kashmiris, says Canada’s Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a l

Turkey: March 20, 2009. ( Bobby Ramakant for PCP) The President of the United Nations General Assembly has told delegates at the 5th World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul, Turkey, that, "those who are committed to the privatization of water, making it a commodity like oil, are denying people a human r

VIENNA: March 19, 2009. (PCP) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today received the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) Award for Innovative Drug Policy, in recognition of the UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on Drug Dependence

Faisalabad, Pakistan: March 17, 2009. (Samina reports for PCP) Human Rights Focus Pakistan(HRFP) welcomed the reinstatement of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges and wrote a letter appealing him to take a sue motu notice on discriminatory laws and their misuse. He requ

Holland: March 17, 2009. (PCP) Mr. Watson Gill, leader of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC Europe Wing and a prominent Christian-Muslim dialogue mentor in EU issued here a statement on reinstatement of Chief Justice of Pakistan and other deposed judges said that after the great chaos now there is cal

India: March 17, 2009. ( Bobby Ramakant for PCP) Noted tobacco control advocate and a United Nations consultant Dr Mira Aghi was conferred upon the International award in recognition of her lifetime contribution to advancing tobacco control initiatives for women.
The International Network of Women

Srinagar: March 16, 2009. (PCP) Acting chairman of Jammu Kashmir Peoples League, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza has expresses profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, who was suffering from cancer and left heavenly abode on Sunday. A delegation of pro-freedom leaders led by Prof. A

LAHORE: March 15, 2009. (PCP) Pakistani are watching surprisingly a political drama being staged in name of Long March in different cities by politicians who are demanding restoration of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudry. The deposed justice issue is two years old when president Pervez

LARKANA: March 15, 2009. (Nazir Siyal) Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Mazar Committee(SZABMC) in its meeting held today, at District Secretariat of PPP Larkana, chaired by its Convener Ghulamullah Mahotto, to discuss the programmes of observing the 30th death anniversary of the founder chairman of Pak

Lahore: March 11, 2009. (PCP) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed dismay at curbs on freedom of assembly, arbitrary arrests and harassment of lawyers, political figures and civil society activists ahead of the lawyers’ long march.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, HRCP s

London: March 11, 2009. Six Baluch were hanged and 7 were shot dead in the last seven days. Radio Farda quoted official news agencies of the Iranian government as saying that the six men were accused of Fighting God and Corrupting the Earth, a term used by the courts to describe the activities

Islamabad: March 10, 2009. Long March by Nawaz Sharif is part of power game which will not reinstate deposed judges nor will hammer up PPP government in Pakistan said Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian Congress in a message to Islamabad Council of PCC because Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zarda

MUMBAI, INDIA: March 10, 2009. (PCP) At the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in India this week, governments and civil society are demanding tobacco corporations comply swiftly with new treaty guidelines preventing industry interference in health policy.
Big Tobacco has long interfered i

Lahore : March 09, 2009. (Margaret Piara reports for PCP) : “I got married and I had 3 daughters only and no son. For that reason my mother-in-law said that I am not good for them”. These were the words of Mrs. Jamila Nasir during the program organized by Milap Organization on the 8th March at St. J

LAHORE March 9, 2009: (PCP) At least 141 people committed suicide in the country in one month ending February 25 according to statistics available with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and published in its monthly journal.
Of those committing suicide between 26th January and 25th Febr