Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairperson Hina Jilani on Wednesday said that no institution had the right to force politicians to negotiate.
Ms Jilani made these comments in response to questions from journalists during the launching ceremony of the HRCP report, ‘State of Human Rights in 2022’, here on Wednesday.
The report notes an uptick in enforced disappearances in Balochistan, with 2,210 reported cases having remained unresolved even as a bill criminalising the act was passed by the National Assembly.
According to HRCP Co-chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt, the issue was becoming a reason for differences among provinces and putting the country into a blind alley.
“People are being arrested without warrants and they remain missing for months and years. There are cases in which people have been missing for 15 years. When an institution won’t respect the Constitution can it expect from the masses to respect and follow the Constitution,” he asked.
