Zubair Qureshi
The National Commission on Human Rights concluded its first board meeting on Thursday after the appointment of new Chairperson NCHR Rabiya Javeri Agha.
The two-day marathon meeting was presided over by the new Chairperson and was attended by the NCHR regional members.
Manzoor Masih is a well-known champion of Human Rights and a senior member of the Nazriya Pakistan Council (NPC) executive committee.
The Board meeting discussed in-house improvements and directions that need to be taken to make the NCHR fully operational; including challenges of limited human resources, the development of human rights and finance rules and management of a severely shrunken budget.
Discussions were held on the development of a strategic action plan, civil society and Universal Periodic Report (UPR) consultations and research work to be undertaken in the future.
The NCHR members also discussed at length the Sialkot issue which NCHR is following on a day-to-day basis.
