POLICY ADVISOR
NCHR’s Policymaking function includes reviewing factors inhibiting enjoyment of human rights and
recommending remedies.
Nationwide Consultations and NCHR’s Strategic Plan
NCHR, in collaboration with European Union-funded Huqooq-e-Pakistan Project (HeP), and the
expertise of Osama Siddiqui launched its country-wide consultative process for inputs from civil
society for the commission’s four-year strategic plan. Consultative sessions were held in the federal
capital as well as all four provincial capitals with representatives from the government, donor
agencies, civil society, academia, and media, where participants shared a broad range of opinions
to devise a pragmatic strategic plan for NCHR.
Registration of 600 Medical Students in Balochistan
NCHR received a complaint from medical students in Balochistan about the Pakistan Medical
Commission’s (PMC) decision to not register approximately 600 students from three new medical
colleges namely Loralai Medical College, Jhalawan Medical College Khuzdar, and Makran Medical
College Turbat. This decision meant that students in their final year would not be able to apply for
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