Human Rights in Pakistan/S.K. Singh. New Delhi, Pentagon
Press, 2007, xviii, 312 p., ISBN 81-8274-199-5.
Human Rights in Pakistan/S.K. Singh. New Delhi, Pentagon
Press, 2007, xviii, 312 p., ISBN 81-8274-199-5.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Historical perspective of human rights. 2. Western and Islamic concepts of human rights. 3. Constitutional and legal base of human rights in Pakistan. 4. Status of human rights in Pakistan. 5. Human rights in Pakistan during various regimes. 6. Human rights under Pervez Musharraf. 7. Women's rights. 8. Role of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). Appendix. Bibliography. Index.
"Human Rights in Pakistan is one of the most important issues in this era of human rights consciousness. This book Human Rights in Pakistan: From Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to Musharraf provides an analytical and incisive account of all the developments in Pakistani politics right from the declaration of Ahamadiyas as non-Muslim and Pakistan as an Islamic state by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the new lease of life to religious forces by Pervez Musharraf. With these successive political developments the shaking democratic building collapsed and human rights became a back bencher.
The author further writes that the close military-mullah nexus has intensified the culture of Talibanisation in the Pakistani society. The Zia Legacy and the Nexus among military-bureaucracy as also the Feudalism have created Pakistan as a breeding ground for international terrorism. Negation of democratic institutions, sustainability of military culture, resource crunch and lackadaisical or abysmal role of judiciary have considerably led to bedeviling the Human Rights Movement." (jacket)