Pakistani government accused of 'sabotaging' rights watchdog
by Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Pet from World news | The Guardian on (#5FYT3)
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The prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, and his government have been accused of trying to sabotage" the country's independent human rights watchdog to prevent accountability for mounting abuses and oppression.
Legislators, activists and lawyers told the Guardian that Khan's government punished" and immobilised Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) over reports that it had produced into human rights abuses and torture carried out by the military, which plays a powerful role in running the country.
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