41st meeting of the Standing Committee on M/o Human Rights met today at 10:30 am in the Committee Room of PIPS, Parliament Lodges, Islamabad, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Babar Nawaz Khan, MNA.

The meeting commenced with recitation from the Holy Quran. The Committee confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting which was held on 27th February, 2018. The Committee Members were asked to examine the Comprehensive Report/implementation status of the previous recommendations of the Committee and give their reservations to discuss each recommendation of the Committee in its next meeting which will be held in May, 2018.
 
The Committee was informed by the Director General, Internal Coordination, Ministry of Human Rights as well as Assistant Draftsman, Law and Justice Division that “The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2018 related to Capital Administrative Development Division whereas CADD was not agree to accept this Bill with reference to rights of the disabled persons upon which the Committee directed to decide its possession through the source of National Assembly.   
 
The Committee was given briefing by the DPO, Khyber Pkhtunkhwa, on the issue of murder of Mashaal Khan. The Committee expressed concern on this issue and decided to call another meeting on 6th April, 2018 by calling all the stake-holders for proper conclusion. The Committee also asked the Member, National Commission for Human Rights to submit the Annual Report of its Commission as early as possible to discuss it in its next meeting. 
 
The meeting was attended by Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub, Ms. Farhana Qamar, Ms. Aliya Kamran Murtaza, Ms. Kiran Haider, Ms. Munaza Hassan, Ms. Phyllis Azeem, Mr. Sajid Nawaz, Kanwar Naveed Jameel, Ms. Kishwer Zehra, Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar and Begum Tahira Bukhari, MNAs and officials of the Ministry of Human Rights and Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.