[Dawn] Pakistain on Monday was elected to the United Nations...a formerly good idea gone bad...
Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system.
Pakistain, which had the endorsement of the Asia Group, polled 171 votes, when 97 were required.
"Pakistain's politicianship, parliament and judiciary have all proactively pushed the human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
agenda," Ambassador Masood Khan said.
"Our membership of the Human Rights Council acts as a catalyst for higher attention to human rights back home," he said.
"Our entire leadership, all political forces and national institutions support promotion and protection of human rights. We have put human rights as a top priority on our national agenda," Ambassador Khan added.