HRCP mourns loss of Zafar Chaudhry.

LAHORE -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) mourns the passing of one of its founder members, retired Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry.

A committed human rights activist, he was instrumental in supporting the HRCP as an independent human rights organisation in the mid-1980s when no such body existed. Subsequently, he served on its council and continued to come to HRCP's office even in frail health. The commission is indebted to him for helping establish its...