Source: ET via Wasim Srroya:
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is dangerously teetering on the brink of becoming a violent and undemocratic society, says a report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
The HRCP launched its “State of the Human Rights in 2012” annual report in Islamabad on Thursday.
“Societies where the political elite severs its ties with the individual cease to function in a democratic manner and people resort to violence in a bid to be heard,” the report stated in its chapter on democratic development. “Pakistan is on the verge of becoming just such a society.”
The HRCP report provides an overview of the human rights situation in Pakistan through six main categories: rule of law, fundamental freedoms, democratic development, rights of the disadvantaged and social and economic rights.