ISLAMABAD: Aman Ittihad took out a rally from National Press Club (NPC) to parliament house in order to express solidarity with the people suffering violence in any form including suicide attacks, bomb blasts, target killings, kidnappings, disappearances, and torture. A large number of students, traders, labour unions’ representatives, human rights activists, journalists, and civil society members took part in the rally, which was a part of Aman Ittehad’s countrywide peace rallies being held simultaneously in over 100 localities including Lahore,...

KARACHI: The Aman Ittehad, an alliance of several civil society organisations against terrorism in Pakistan, held a programme here on Saturday to observe January 1 as the Solidarity Day. The programme was held in front of the Karachi Press Club. Speaking on the occasion, Aman Ittehad’s Mehnaz Rehman said that the purpose of the programme was to express solidarity with those people suffering from violence in any form, including suicide attacks, bomb blasts, target killings and kidnappings. She said that extremist elements and the war on terror were...

LAHORE: Speakers at a peace and solidarity rally organised by Aman Itehad on Saturday urged the government to abolish all parallel judicial systems, saying that they were used to exploit minorities, women and children. They said that there was a need to frame laws to protect the rights of minorities. They demanded that the Federal Shariat Court be abolished as it served no purpose. The rally...

A large number of people from different walks of life at a new year rally here on Saturday expressed their determination to strive for peace, democracy and social justice in the country, said a press release issued by Aman Ittehad. This they said depended on the end of all kinds of violence whether it was perpetrated by state agencies or non-state elements. The participants — students, traders,...

Islamabad The Aman Ittehad, an alliance of human rights associations and NGOs, has given a call to hold 100 rallies on the first day of the New Year (on Saturday) at 1pm across the country to express solidarity with those suffering from violence in any form, including suicide attacks, bomb blasts, target killings, kidnappings, disappearances, and torture killings. According to the Aman Ittehad, the rallies will be held at more than 100 different locations across Pakistan. Announcing this at a press conference at the National Press Conference here...

LAHORE - Aman Ittehad, a group of leading non-governmental organisations (NGO), on Thursday announced that several rallies will be held on January 1 at 1am nationwide to condemn violence in all forms. This announcement was made in a press conference held at the Lahore Press Club, which was attended by South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAPP) Executive Director Muhammad Tehseen, Aurat Foundation Coordinator Mumtaz Mughal and others. The rallies would be held to condemn suicide bombings, bomb blasts, target killings, kidnappings and all other forms of...

Showing its grave concern over recent exorbitant increase in petroleum products prices, the Aman Ittehad has said that the raise would not only damage the pace of national economic activities but also multiply the economic woes of the general masses. Masses are already bearing the brunt of high inflation, price hike, worsening law and order, increased power tariffs, kidnappings, suicide bombings, target killings and drone attacks. "The government through such unjustified decisions like its predecessors seems oblivious to the plight...

Aman Ittehad while expressing its deep concern over the lack of planning by the Government to meet the challenges of rebuilding a post-flood Pakistan condemns the absence of political will to provide relief to the millions that have been affected by the 2010 floods in Pakistan. The devastations caused by the floods it believes reflect a failure of the state to provide sustainable and effective protections to its citizens against such natural calamities. The Ittehad’s committee meetings held in Peshawar, Karachi, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad...

Saturday, March 27, 2010 By Babar Sattar The writer is a lawyer based in Islamabad. In October 2009, concerned citizens and activists from all four provinces and Islamabad congregated in Murree to develop a shared vision for peace in Pakistan and consider the role of the civil society in promoting it. The initiative entitled "pathways to peace", led by the Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, underscored the urgent need for ordinary citizens to shun their sense of helplessness (or apathy), and take responsibility to strive for peace and eradicate...