FAISALABAD: Federal Minster for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Fridaysaid that draft of six new human rights related laws had been forwarded tothe law ministry. Pakistan would actively participate in the nextscheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commission in the next month, sheadded.
Addressing a meeting at the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry(FCCI), she said that business related concessions were directly linkedwith many international protocols, conventions and agreements.
She said: We will consult stake-holders to present Pakistani viewpoint inthe Human Rights Commission, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan had alsoconvened a meeting in which he was briefed about developments on humanrights front.
Regarding death penalty, she said that Pakistan had clarified its positionthat it was not going to rescind it.
Regarding child abuse, she said that the human rights ministry had launchedan awareness campaign to sensitise people about children protection.
She said that women were also enjoying equal rights in Pakistan and therewas no distinction in salary package of male and female.
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She added that Women in Distress and Detention Fund had been madeoperational just a week ago under which female could get free legalassistance in addition to financial help.
Earlier, in his address, President FCCI Rana Sikandar Azam briefed aboutthe FCCI while President Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce and IndustryMadam Quratul Ain also spoke.
Later, Rana Sikandar Azam presented FCCI shield to Federal Minister DrShireen Mazari.
