Islamabad, March 30 -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, along with the All Party Alliance for Katchi Abadis, National Commission for Justice and Peace, Awami Workers Party, Aurat March Islamabad, and other civil society organisations, have strongly condemned the looming threat of demolition and forced eviction faced by residents of Allama Iqbal Colony in Islamabad.

According to an official statement from HRCP, Allama Iqbal Colony is a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement that is reportedly set to be cleared in the coming week. The organisations expressed serious concern over what they described as a continued pattern of evictions carried out by the Capital Development Authority without due process, adequat...