Mr Ihtisham Mulagoris should be released immediately

Mr Ihtisham a 16 years old boy has been detained by Political Administration of Khyber Agency FATA in Pakistan for the last 3 months over a monetary dispute between two parties. The child is innocent and has no role in this business. His mother is ill and her health is going to be deteriorated with each passing day. We sent several requests to political Administration and all concerned quarters to release the child but no progress has been made yet since last three months. All those like us working for the release of the child also face problems from the Administration and the affected family is threatened with dire consequences if publicized and further share information with media and Human Rights Organizations and Human Rights Defenders. Frontier Crimes Regulations of 1901 have been reformed recently in 2011. Now child under the age of 16 and aged persons above 65 could not be arrested under territorial responsibility clause of FCR.

FATA Children Rights are needed to be protected: Said Zar Ali Khan Afridi to participants of a dialogue on occasion of Universal Children Day

20^th November, 2014

United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child(UNCRC) on 20^th November, 1989 and Pakistan was the first Muslim and the 6^th country in the world to sign and ratify the UNCRC on the 12^th November, 1990 with some observations and reservations which were latter in 1997 were withdrawn, Said Zar Ali Khan Afridi Coordinator Child Rights Movement FATA to participants of a dialogue arranged in FR Peshawar-FATA  to commemorate the day called Universal Children’s Day. He said that this time it is 25^th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child. He said solid steps have not been taken to protect children Rights in Pakistan in general and in FATA in particular. It is true that Pakistan has withdrawn all her reservations and observations but we see no progress in state of children. We see that Article 25 A has been incorporated in Pakistan constitution of 1973 that all children above 5 and below 16 will have to get education which is compulsory but still we observe that schools of our children are targeted in FATA. About 25 years ago we promised with our children that their rights would be protected and voices be heard but even today more than 0.6 million FATA children are leading a miserable life in camps and host families as Internally Displaced Persons many of whom are deprived of their basic rights called education. An abundant number of weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Mines hidden under earth surface in our region which is a conflict zone have left many handicapped, parentless and deprived of basic education. Thousands children have been trained by terrorist out fits and groups are being used as suicide bombers who explode themselves and destroy valuable lives and property. Dozens are imprisoned in jails and lock ups of political Administration of FATA under inhuman regulations called Frontier Crimes Regulations 1901.  No law related to children protection has been extended to FATA as FATA is governed under Article 247 of Constitution and this does not allow jurisdiction of any court of the country to exercise power there and protect children rights.

Zar Ali Khan Afridi thanked participants who had come from far and wide of the FATA and participated in such a great and important dialogue over the rights of children on Universal Children Day.

Regards

Zar Ali Khan Afridi

Coordinator

Child Rights Movement-FATA

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Minorities rights are needed to be protected in Pakistan

19^th November, 2014

We should focus our attention on the Minorities Rights in Pakistan as rights of common people are violated in general while Minorities Rights are violated in particular. Blasphemy law in Pakistan is misused and is often used against Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and other Minorities and the recent example is before our eyes where in Qasur Punjab a wife and her spouse were burnt alive by charged mob over the allegations of a brick kiln owner who had a monetary issue with the couples but used blasphemy law against the couples and were burnt alive which is a sorry state of affairs. Similarly Salman Taseer a former Governor of Punjab was murdered over the same allegations. These views were expressed by Zar Ali Khan Afridi during a seminar in Peshawar over the rights of Minorities in Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah who is known as father of Pakistan stated to constituent Assembly on 11^th of August, 1947 that all citizens are equal and have equal rights irrespective of any religion any one belongs to. But today we have forgotten it and gave state in mouth of monsters who have their own interpretation of religion.  Minorities in FATA have also so many issues like issue of domiciles, CNICs, residence, graveyards and job quata. Said Zar Ali Khan Afridi today.

Tribal NGOs Consortium and Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network condemn decision of Provincial Assembly of stopping resolution regarding Malala yousafzai Noble Peace Prize

31 October, 2010

Peshawar(          ): Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network and Tribal NGOs Consortium in a joint statement issued to  media have condemned  the decision of JI and JUI for stopping of passing of resolution regarding noble peace Prize of Malala Yousafzai. Zar Ali Khan Afridi chairman Tribal NGOs Consortium and Taimur Kamal Coordinator Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network have said that JUI and JI have supported in passing resolution in National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly they both showed hypocrisy and did not help to pass resolution in support of Noble Peace prize.  They passed resolution of Afia siddiqi who is an American national and has no relation with Pakistan. She was punished by an American court and sentenced her according to the law of land while Malala was hit by terrorists but God saved her and a peace prize was awarded to her which is a pride for us all. She is a child and works for peace promotion and children education. It is evident from her commitment that she gave away all her prize money to the cause of children schools and providing 50000 dollars to a Gaza school is a clear example of her love for education and humanity while JUI and JI are speaking loudly but performance is zero. We demand Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to pass the resolution and show to the world that you are not standing with terrorists and siding with those who are working for peace promotion and children education.

Regards

Zar Ali Khan Afridi

Chairman

Tribal NGOs Consortium

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Taimur Kamal

Coordinator

Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network

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