| Q.1. | What is SHARP? |
| Ans. | SHARP
isa registered non-governmental organization based in Islamabad with its different regional offices in Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi and Mianwali. |
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| Q.2. |
What are the main fields of activities SHARP is focused on? |
| Ans. | SHARP is
basically an NGO working for the protection of Human Rights,
welfare of the prisoners and monitoring of Human rights violations. |
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| Q.3. |
How
can SHARP assist in cases of Human rights violations? |
| Ans. | SHARP
has established offices where number of reputed lawyers are
rendering services. SHARP keeps an eye on the Human rights
violations in the society through regular visits to the communities,
through a well-established referral system with other NGOs
and officials and through jail visits. The victims are assisted
on the spot, in police
stations, jails and courts, depending upon the nature of their
case. |
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| Q.4. |
What
is Legal Assistance? |
| Ans. | The Legal
Asistance means advice on the Legal issues and pursuance of
their case, if any in the court. |
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| Q.5. | Who
are the beneficiaries of SHARP? |
| Ans. | SHARP
Believes in helping community in general and has been assisting
every one without any discrimination. But the victims of Human
rights violations, domestic violence, women and children are
given priority. SHARP offices are open to everyone where anybody
is free to walk-in and is provided best possible help by a
team of seasoned lawyers. |
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| Q.6. | Does
SHARP help in family cases? |
| Ans. | Yes
of course. Every month a considerable number of women approaches
to seek advise about their family matters. A number of family
cases are pending before different courts which are perused
very keenly by our dedicated lawyers. |
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| Q.7. | What
are the charges for legal assistance? |
| Ans. | All SHARP
offices are providing free legal assistance. only actual court
charges are being asked to be paid by the person seeking assistance. |
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| Q.8. | Who
is funding SHARP? |
| Ans. | SHARP arranges
funds through its own resources. Mainly the members of SHARP
contribute for bearing its own expenses. |
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| Q.9. | Is
Al – Qanoon also a project of SHARP? |
| Ans. | Yes, SHARP
proudly refers to Al- Qanoon as fulfillment of its commitment
of creating awareness, which is one of the main objectives of
SHARP. |
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| Q.10. | How
one can reach the SHARP office? |
| Ans. | SHARP
offices are located at main places. One can get addresses
of any particular office from web site and Al-Qanoon available
in the market through out the country. |
