Pakistan, May 5 -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) on Monday launched its annual report for 2025, observing a severe contraction of civic space, the erosion of judicial independence and deepening insecurity over the past year.

The report, titled "State of Human Rights in 2025", was launched in Islamabad, with HRCP Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt, former chairperson Hina Jilani, co-chair Munizae Jahangir, vice-chair Nasreen Azhar and Secretary General Harris Khalique present.

Butt, while speaking to reporters, said it was a fact that human rights in Pakistan were in their worst state.

"It is not a report, it is a charge sheet. In 2025, as many as 273 persons faced enforced disappearance. Around 13 were traced from state age...