Safeer Khan Durrani

TEXT OF MALALA YUSAFZAI'S NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent. Your Majesties, distinguished members of the Norweigan Nobel Committee, dear sisters and brothers, today is a day of great happiness for me. I am humbled that the Nobel Committee has selected me for this precious award. Thank you to everyone for your continued support and love. I am grateful for the letters and cards that I still receive from all around the world. Reading your kind and encouraging words strengthens and inspires me. I would like to thank my parents for their unconditional love. Thank you to my father for not clipping my wings and for letting me fly. Thank you to my mother for inspiring me to be patient and to always speak the truth- which we strongly believe is the real message of Islam. I am very proud to be the first Pashtun, the first Pakistani, and the first young person to receive this award. I am pretty certa

Safeer Khan Durrani: State of Human Rights in 2014-Pakistan : State of Human Rights in 2014 Highlights Law and law-making Parliament made 10 laws, less than half the previous year’s 22. Nine preside...

State of Human Rights in 2014 Highlights Law and law-making Parliament made 10 laws, less than half the previous year’s 22. Nine presidential ordinances were promulgated. Some important laws passed by the parliament were designed to address security concerns, working of the judicial system, and issues related to terrorism, including the controversial Protection of Pakistan Act, 2014. With provincial legislation amounting to 137, a much larger and diverse set of laws was adopted by the provincial assemblies. The highest number of provincial acts and ordinances emerged from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, followed by Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan during the year under review. The Hindu Marriage Bill and the Christian Divorce Bill, which were tabled in the parliament in 2011, were still pending. No progress was possible on the Domestic Bill either. Administration of justice 1.793 million cases were pending in courts across the country The gap between the laws and their implementation cause