Geneva, Oct. 3 -- Pakistan's record on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial abuses came under sharp criticism at a side event organised during the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Chongshi Yeah Joseph, Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Peace, accused Islamabad of turning into a "rogue state" over its alarming number of cases of extra-judicial killings, torture, and detention in unknown places.

The event, titled "Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: Amplifying Voices, Demanding Justice, Calling for Global Action", was convened by the Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy.

Joseph said enforced disappearances amount to a war crime, and Pakistan was "becoming alarming" in its use of such practices....