The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan  released its annual report  titled ‘State of Human Rights in 2022’ last week to shed lilght  that the political and economic unrest in the previous year have had a significant influence on the human rights state of affairs in the country.

The report said that the current and previous governments both disregarded the authority of Parliament and that disputes between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches undermined institutional credibility.

The report said that political victimisation continued throughout the year and that sedition laws from the colonial era were being used as weapons to repress dissent. According to HRCP, numerous journalists and politicians from the opposition were detained, and there were further complaints of torture while detained. Ironically, this occurred the same year that the Parliament passed legislation outlawing the use of torture.

The right to freedom of assembly was not only violated but also abused during the disturbances that followed the successful vote of no confidence against the former prime minister Imran Khan. Police officers and protesters engaged in physical altercations.

As per  the HRCP report, the state is still having trouble quelling militancy despite residents' warnings that such events are imminent, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the report, 533 people died in terror incidents this year, the most in the previous five years.

HRCP also  observed an increase in enforced disappearances, particularly in Balochistan, where 2,210 recorded cases remain unsolved despite a law passed by the National Assembly making the practise illegal.

A chunk of the country was destroyed by floods brought on by climate change, which the study also said negatively impacted over 33 million people. According to the HRCP's study, this underwhelming reaction has highlighted the necessity for strong local governments throughout all provinces and territories.

According to the survey, mob lynchings appeared to be more common despite a drop in the number of police reports containing blasphemy claims. Growing risks to the right to freedom of religion or belief continue to be of grave concern, it said.
According to the HRCP study, there have been at least 4,226 rape and gang rape incidents, with an appallingly low conviction rate for offenders. This violence against women has not abated. Over 90 graves were desecrated, predominantly in Punjab, and numerous places of worship belonging to the Ahmadiyya community were also threatened.

The incidence of violence and discrimination against transgender persons, which is the focus of this edition of the study, was made worse by conservative resistance to the hard-won Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018.

The report becomes clear that during a year in which the country's economic situation began to deteriorate, the rights of workers and peasants were badly ignored. The study claimed that despite the minimum wage being increased, the state has refused to acknowledge that it still falls short of the benchmark for a decent income.

The HRCP also noted that despite the release of 1,200 bonded labourers in Sindh, 90 miners continued to perish in the nation's mines per year, and the district vigilance committees established in 2022 remained mostly ineffective. If the state wants to adopt a pro-people stance in terms of politics, legislation, and governance, HRCP has asked that it take immediate action on these matters.

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