{"id":12601,"date":"2025-10-15T11:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/15\/pakistan-takes-active-role-human-rights-council\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:08:41","slug":"pakistan-takes-active-role-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/15\/pakistan-takes-active-role-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Takes Active Role in Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 15 October 2025 Pakistan secured election to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2026\u20132028 term, a development the federal minister for human rights described as a demonstration of international trust in Pakistan\u2019s principled stance on human rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar<\/strong> conveyed that the election affirms Pakistan\u2019s commitment to dignity, equality, and justice and reflects sustained efforts to strengthen rights protections at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of <strong>Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif<\/strong>, the government has focused on reinforcing human rights institutions, advancing gender equality, protecting vulnerable groups, and promoting greater inclusivity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Human Rights Council Pakistan will pursue a constructive and proactive approach, advancing dialogue and cooperation with other states while upholding universal values of human dignity and rights for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan elected to the Human Rights Council for 2026\u20132028 will engage constructively to promote equality, justice, and protection for vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}