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Govt committed to protect citizens' rights: Mazari
November 14, 2018

Minster for Human Rights Shireen Mazari says government is committed to protect the rights of every citizen including the rights of women and an awareness campaign has already been launched in this regard to educate the people.

Talking to Member Council of Islamic Ideology Allama Syed Iftikhar Hussain Naqvi, she assured the delegation to take prompt steps to redress these issues on priority and affirmed that Ministry of Human Rights will provide all required support for the protection of women's rights to inheritance.

During the meeting, they discussed the women's inheritance related issues in detail.

The delegation also apprised the Minister about some of the issues and put forward some suggestions in this regard.

Chairman NDMA calls on Human Rights Minister

Later, Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, Lt. General Omar Mahmood Hayat has also called on the Human Rights Minister, Dr Shireen M Mazari and discussed the issues related to disaster management particularly in the relevance of protection of human rights.

The Federal Minister expressed to take solid measures for safety and protection of children women and old aged people particularly during any disaster and to devise some strategic polices in advance to deal with any disaster.