UN WATCHDOG SAYS PAK DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE IN UNHRC

 In an unprecedented move, the UN Watch took a scathing dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan for his intolerant views and Pakistan’s inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Pakistan was recently re-elected to the UNHRC even as the country’s human rights record is one among the worst in the world. Imran Khan had […]

by Correspondent - November 9, 2020, 2:52 am

 In an unprecedented move, the UN Watch took a scathing dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan for his intolerant views and Pakistan’s inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Pakistan was recently re-elected to the UNHRC even as the country’s human rights record is one among the worst in the world. Imran Khan had recently justified the brutal act of beheading in France by arguing that the teacher had committed “blasphemy” by showing the cartoons of the Islamic Prophet. The Geneva-based rights group, which is the only UN-accredited watchdog of the global body, on Twitter rebutted Imran Khan saying, “Your presence on the UN Human Rights Council is intolerable.”