Senate body concerned over harassment of legislators, political workers.

ISLAMABAD -- The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday met for a briefing on the harassment and brutal assault of parliamentarians and political workers in violation of the fundamental freedom guaranteed under the Constitution at the Parliament House.

Members of the committee noted that the same agenda was discussed previously in the Senate Committee for Interior and the stance on the matter by relevant departments was the same. However, the objective behind the matter to be taken up again involved a thorough discussion on violation of fundamental guaranteed rights on humanitarian grounds, abstained from politically-motivated agendas.

They were also of the view that no individual cases should be discussed and defended on political rationale, which would not fulfill the spirit of the human rights committee.

The committee chairman, Senator Walid Iqbal, reiterated that the matter was taken up to ensure that state organisations worked in line with constitutional guarantees.

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The committee also reviewed the nature of protest and conducts of the marchers over the years specifically of the year 2014 and during tenures of various governments and analysed each. Participants of the meeting from National Commission for Human Rights maintained the view that fundamental freedom guaranteed under the Constitution should not infringe the right of an individual to freedom of...

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