Waqas Meets Kasur District Bar President
Posted by waqasabid at Dec
On 1 December 2010, Waqas Abid, JusticeMaker 2010, had a meeting with Ch. Abdul Rehman, the President of Kasur District Bar Association. Issues discussed included the gap in the enforcement capabilities of the criminal justice system and human rights violations in Kasur. The meeting took place to assess possible collaborations between the Bar Association’s aims […]
JusticeMaker Waqas Meets Former President of Kasur District Bar
Posted by waqasabid at Dec
On 1 Dec 2010, JusticeMaker 2010 Waqas Abid met with the well-regarded lawyer Ch. Imtiaz Ahmed, the former Vice-President of the Kasur District Bar Association. Mr. Ahmed has, for the past 19 years, devoted himself to the legal representation of marginalized members of Kasur society. Like many other lawyers, Mr. Ahmed works in the open […]
JusticeMaker Waqas Visits Kasur District Central Jail
Posted by waqasabid at Nov
On November 11 2010, JusticeMaker Waqas Abid, visited Kasur District’s Central Jail for a meeting with the prison’s superintendent and deputy superintendent, Mr. Intzar Wali Khan and Mr. Tahir. They briefed Waqas on the challenges facing their prison. Built for a capacity of 596, the jail currently houses 1674 prisoners. Cells built for four people […]
In Pictures: Advisement of Rights Campaign in Kasur District, Pakistan
Posted by waqasabid at Nov
Over the last couple of weeks 2010 JusticeMaker Fellow Muhammad Waqas Abid conducted 18 ‘Legal Literacy and Support of Victims’ seminars throughout the district of Kasur, in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Below you find can find an impression of his campaign that made him reach out to 683 individuals, advising them on their legal rights and […]
Legal Literacy and Support of Victims
Posted by waqasabid at Oct
Waqas Abid, Pakistani JusticeMaker fellow 2010, has been hard at work organising advisement of rights campaigns throughout Kasur, a district in the Punjab province. His work, focusing on spreading knowledge of legal right amongst bonded labourers, has taken him to 18 villages where he hosted awareness seminars for 683 individuals. Pakistan’s domestic laws state that […]
