Law, Justice Ministry celebrates World Human Rights Day
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—The Regional Directorate of Ministry of Law, and justice, organized a one-day seminar at a local hotel on Monday to celebrate the World Human rights Day. The day is being celebrated with the theme of 'Development of Human Rights friendly culture is must for social fiber'. The Provincial Minister for Zakat, Usher & Social Welfare, Hafiz Hashmat was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Hafiz Hashmat drew the attention of the audience toward the contradictions in the speech and practice of World powers, which are impersonating as Champions of Human Rights but in fact are directly responsible for the death and destruction of innocent Muslims in Iraq, Palestine and Kashmir. The Minister endorsed the opinion that the denial of basic human rights to Muslims around the world is sowing the seeds of terrorism. He recalled the glorious deeds of Holy Prophet (PBUH) whose life was a practical manifestation of the golden principles of Islam and said that human rights can ideally be secured by adapting our lives according to Quran and Sunnah.
He said that Islam has given due emphasis to the rights of vulnerable members of society particularly the women, children and the destitute. Provincial government has made significant progress in the rehabilitation of beggars, destitute and drug addicts. He invited the participants to visit the government welfare homes to witness the dedicated efforts of provincial governments for the welfare of the downtrodden sections of the society. Speaking on the occasion Shah Zaman Afridi, Director of the Regional Directorate for Law and Justice, informed the audience that the Directorate has implemented a successful project for the rehabilitation of prisoners at Central Jail Haripur where the prisoners have been helped to acquire graduation degrees and similar projects will be launched at Central Jail Bannu. He informed the gathering that on the intervention of Governor, Provincial Human Rights Monitoring Committee has been setup with Home Secretary in charge. Naeem Iqbal, representative of provincial law department said that a committee has been constituted under secretary law for the review of existing laws and bring them in consonance with the International declarations on human rights.
Ijaz- Durrani, speaking as representative of NGO's, stressed the need for bringing a change in attitudes of the society where people should indulge in self-accountability rather than having a holier than their attitude.