The government of Nawaz Sharif has decided to do away with the Ministry of

[Meesna]

The government of Nawaz Sharif has decided to do away with the Ministry of Human Rights

The newly elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to do away with the Ministry of Human Rights and merged it with the Ministry of Law and Justice. Through this act of federal government the human rights portion of the new ministry is to be relegated to a unit of small unit of the Ministry of Law and Justice. The justification given by the government is that it has re-organised the Federal Secretariat, but the civil society of Pakistan accuses Mr. Sharif that he has never been happy with the existence of Human Rights ministry, which was established by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and whenever he came in power he abolished the ministry.

This decision will have a serious adverse impact on the state of human rights in Pakistan, due to several reasons, starting with the difference of mandates between the Ministry of Law and Justice (MoLJ) and Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR).

PAKISTAN: The government of Nawaz Sharif has decided to do away with the Ministry of Human Rights

Good decision. When there are no human rights what is the point of human rights ministry?

 

[darkinsky]

waste of money and waste of resources, it should all be handled by ministry of interior

 

[arushbhai]

Present Govt PMLN has abolished many ministries to save money. Instead of over complicating things, PMLN has simplified things by abolishing ministries and various positions.