humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAG-003-2013 PAKISTAN: Stop Merger of Ministry of Human Rights with Ministry of Law & Justice The government of Pakistan, through a notification, has merged the Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) with the Ministry of Law and Justice (MoLJ) on June 7 and disallowed its functioning as an independent Ministry. The new Ministry has been named Ministry of Law, Justice, and Human Rights (MoLJ&HR). The general excuse given is that the government has re-organized the ministries to curtail expenses. However, the civil society of Pakistan has another view – that it was the effort of Benazir Bhutto to constitute an independent and autonomous ministry for human rights and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his rivalry, has abolished Ministry’s independence.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:05:05 +0000