Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights (HR) in its 5th meeting on Monday will take up the issues of safety and security of journalists and child protection as per commitments made with the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will chair the meeting of the committee.
According to the notice of the National Assembly Secretariat, the committee will also take a briefing from Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the prosecution of journalist Shahzaib Jillani. The Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs will brief the committee on human rights abuses in Indian Occupied Kashmir as well as steps taken to highlight those before international forums and government. It will also be briefed on the report on human rights abuses in held Kashmir prepared by UN Human Rights Office.
The Secretary Ministry of Human Rights will brief on prospective capacity building that could be sponsored by the European Union through funding at federal and provincial levels. The committee will also hold discussion on issues of human rights arising out of the promulgation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Action Ordinance in the province and the ways to address those issues. The committee will consider ‘The Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Bill, 2019’. The Secretary Ministry of Interior and Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication will brief on the status of amending the Protection against Electronic Crimes Act 2016.
