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Disappearance of Sarmad Sultan, UN Letter to Pakistan over Concerning Press Freedom, and IHC orders Govt to Appoint Chairperson of NHCRH and NSCW
Sarmad Sultan is a historian and a social media activist, he has been missing for the past 24 hours, and his Twitter Account has been deactivated. His family says that he has gone out of town, however, the speculations are that he has been picked up by security/intelligence agencies.
UN has sent a letter to Pakistan about the concerning press freedom situation in Pakistan and the persecution of journalists including Gul Bukhari, Asad Ali Toor, Absar Alam, Bilal Farooqi, Ajeeb Ali Lakho, Rana Arshad Sulehri, Mian Dawood, Amir Mir, Fakhur Durrani, and Ahmed Noorani.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday directed the government to fill the vacant posts of the heads of the National Commission on the Status of Women and the National Commission for Human Rights. According to the activsts, the government has paralyzed National Commission on Human Rights because it has published reports about torture, abuse, and human rights violation by the Pakistan military.
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Sarmad Sultan is a historian and a social media activist, he has been missing for the past 24 hours, and his Twitter Account has been deactivated. His family says that he has gone out of town, however, the speculations are that he has been picked up by security/intelligence agencies.
UN has sent a letter to Pakistan about the concerning press freedom situation in Pakistan and the persecution of journalists including Gul Bukhari, Asad Ali Toor, Absar Alam, Bilal Farooqi, Ajeeb Ali Lakho, Rana Arshad Sulehri, Mian Dawood, Amir Mir, Fakhur Durrani, and Ahmed Noorani.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday directed the government to fill the vacant posts of the heads of the National Commission on the Status of Women and the National Commission for Human Rights. According to the activsts, the government has paralyzed National Commission on Human Rights because it has published reports about torture, abuse, and human rights violation by the Pakistan military.