October 26, 2026
Rights Commission Calls for the KP Emergency to End
HRCP says emergency measures could undermine democratic institutions and warns that counter-terrorism must not become collective punishment.
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September 10, 2026
HRCP Condemns Rustication of Afghan Medical Students
The rights commission says removing Afghan students from medical and dental colleges and barring new admissions could turn an education policy into a humanitarian crisis. Around 100 students in Lahore are affected.
September 3, 2026
HRCP Warns Punjab’s Secret-Trial Anti-Terrorism Law Undermines Fair Trial Rights
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has warned that the Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026, passed on 31 August, may undermine fair-trial guarantees by letting an anonymous officer declare "special security cases" in which judges, prosecutors, witnesses and defence counsel are unnamed.
July 9, 2026
New Report Documents Systemic Judicial Corruption in Pakistan, Calls for Repeal of 26th and 27th Amendments
A 32-page report released on July 8 by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the International Federation for Human Rights documents what it describes as systemic, grand-scale corruption across Pakistan's justice system — including bribery, nepotism, and state capture of the upper judiciary. The report specifically cites the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments as having entrenched executive control over judicial appointments, and calls for both to be repealed.
June 27, 2026
Parliament Passes National Commission for Minorities Bill, but Rights Groups Say It Lacks Teeth
A joint sitting of parliament has approved a long-delayed law to create a National Commission for Minorities, though rights advocates warn the body has been stripped of its key investigative and enforcement powers.
