ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday urged the world powers to take notice of grave human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and Palestine.
While addressing a function in connection with international human rights day in Islamabad on Saturday, Mamnoon Hussain said the world community should have carefully crafted its policies that did not impinge the rights of others.
The president regretted that in different parts of the world including occupied Kashmir and Palestine, the people had been deprived of their right to self-determination.
Mamnoon Hussain said the occupying forces were subjecting the defenseless and armless people in these territories to persecution. He said responsibility rested with the world community especially the main powers to take notice of this grave situation for peace and stability.
Turning to the human rights situation in the country, Mamnoon Hussain said several steps had been taken to protect the rights of women and minorities. In this regard, legislation such as the one on honor killing had also been done.
Mamnoon Hussain pointed out the ratio of charity in Pakistan was very high when compared with any other country of the world. He said this money was used for the assistance of deprived segments of the society.
However, he said that such steps were also required that bring these deprived segments to the national mainstream so that they could also contribute to the national development.
Earlier, the president also gave away awards to the activists who rendered matchless work in the domain of human rights protection. These included people belonging to different walks of life including poets, singers and parliamentarians.
