agreed by Islamabad under different international agreements to bring improvement in life of its citizen including labor, child and women.
When asked if lifting of moratorium on death penalty was part of 27 conventions, he said there was a “tiny” link where conventions talked about civil and political rights under which death penalty could not be executed.
Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastagir Khan said on the directive of PM Nawaz Sharif, the government had established Treaty Implementation Cell to devise a mechanism for implementing and checking progress on all 27 conventions.
Pakistan, the minister said, was tackling three major challenges including fighting against extremism, stabilizing the economy and grappling the energy crisis and sustaining democratic progress and the country had achieved progress on all these three fronts.
There might be setbacks such as suicide attack on the Punjab Home Minister but the military offensive against militants had destroyed the infrastructure of terrorists, he added.
Pakistan’s exports to the EU have risen by more than 33% as compared to the pre-GSP Plus period, the minister said. There is a rise of 21.24% in Pakistan’s exports in the first year of GSP Plus and a further increase of 12.5% in exports in first seven months of 2015 as compared to the pre-GSP period. The Minister said that statistics of export s of first nineteen months under GSP Plus suggests that this export scheme is a resounding success for Pakistan.
The minister said Pakistan had made three significant achievements since the present government took oath in 2013.
He said 70 percent decline in acts of terrorism, financial stabilization and consolidation of democracy in the country were the three noteworthy accomplishments of the current government and the country which the world thoroughly acknowledges.
Chairman National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan said corruption was beating our society like diabetes as the commission was going to take up delays caused by bureaucracy by suggesting penalty for those who would be found responsible.
Pakistan, he said, had ratified different conventions but their implementation remained not up to the desired mark.He said there was need to change the curriculum at all levels. He said that he would be visiting Lahore to ascertain facts about collapse of factory building in which precious lives of labourers were lost.
Farhatullah Babar, PPP senator, said human rights of all kinds should be implemented even if there is no GSP plus. He said 260 people had been hanged since moratorium on death penalty was lifted.
Hanging people and tweeting is lamentable and should be avoided, he added. The Senate, he said unanimously approved a law to prevent torture by law enforcement agencies but the law lies pending in the National Assembly, he added.
Senator Nasreen Jalil, President Senate Human Rights Committee, said the state needed to form committees to prevent torture and extrajudicial killings. “We have no laws to protect minorities. We need to ensure blasphemy laws are not abused”.
The Senate she said would firmly support implementations of human rights under the GSP+ scheme and ensure continuation of the incentive.
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