South Asia Citizens Web

Lahore, June 22: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned an attack by scores of lawyers on renowned lawyer Asma Jahangir’s associates inside a courtroom in the Lahore High Court.

As has been recommended by the Seventh Pay Commission, the Government of India should declare a floor level minimum wage for the country and the Consumer Price Index Rural should be used to revise the wages every year thereafter instead of Consumer Price Index Agriculture as the former is more representative of the current rural consumption basket.

We have received with great dismay the recent news report that the Union Cabinet has approved amendment to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 2010 and that it has been decided to allow centrally funded projects to be set up in the prohibited area of the nationally protected monuments

We request all to join in this initiative to oppose war and demand that India and Pakistan, abandon their war like stances and return to dialogue immediately.

देश और समाज को जिस तरह भीड़ में बदल कर, एक-दूसरे के खिलाफ खड़ा करने का सिलसिला चल रहा है और अभी-अभी जुनैद तक पहुंचा है, उसे हम बहुत गंभीरता व चिंता से देख रहे हैं और इससे अपनी असहमति की घोषणा करने के लिए सार्वजनिक रूप से सामने आना जरूरी समझते हैं.