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Oct. 10, 2010: In this file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un attends a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.AP

North Korea is pushing back against a United Nations report on its human rights violations with a report of its own -- one that lists "human rights abuses" in the U.S.

The official Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday released a news article titled "News Analysis on Poor Human Rights Records in U.S.," which discusses racial discrimination, unemployment and poverty, The Washington Post reported.

The article refers to the U.S. as "the world's worst human right abuser and tundra of a human being's rights to existence" and makes the following points:

North Korea previously accused the U.S. of orchestrating the U.N. commission's February report that it committed crimes against humanity, calling the findings and recommendations "extremely dangerous" political provocations.

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry found evidence of an array of crimes, including "extermination," crimes against humanity against starving populations and a widespread campaign of abductions of individuals in South Korea and Japan.

The three-member panel recommended that the U.N. Security Council refer its findings to the International Criminal Court, which is unlikely to happen given likely opposition among permanent council members that have veto power to prevent the move.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Friday, 02 May 2014 17:18

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Communication on Friday expressed displeasure on non-implementation of its recommendations by the Ministry of Communication and Pakistan Post.

The committee which met under the chair of Senator Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai here also expressed his dissatisfaction on submission of incomplete report regarding the Pakistan Post's own property and implementation of body's directives.

The committee directed the officials of Ministry of Communication and Pakistan Post to prepare the detail report comprising the rent, conditions, location etc of its buildings and land and security plan to carry the agreement of Software Application of Centralized Software Solution for Financial Services.

The Chairman asked the officials to provide complete report in next ten days in this regard otherwise action would be taken against the officials according to the rules.

Giving reference of Karachi building of Pakistan Post where only Rs. 4 thousand were being received per month as rent by the department, the committee noted that it was collecting very low rent against its buildings in various cities.

It also observed that the Pakistan Post do not have any plan to take over the project of Central Software Solution for Financial Services due to lack of its own IT Human Resource

The official apprised the committee that according to the project about four out of the seven modules i.e. EMO, utility bills collection, BISP and CSP has been extended to all the 83 GPOs whereas the rollout plan in respect of the rest of three i.e PMP, Savings Bank and PT has been issued for implementation up to December 2014.

The official said that Pakistan Post was collecting annually Rs. 62.31 million rent against its 20 buildings in different cities of the country including Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, AJK and Islamabad.

They said that the department had 3315 residential while 825 official building/residence across the country.

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