Psychopath attacks a children

An Executive Magistrate in Gilgit has ordered imprisonment of a man on charges of attacking a child, biting him on the neck, and trying to “drink his blood”.Giving details of the chilling incident, Executive Magistrate Asghar Khan told the media that he received a written complaint about a person who had reportedly attacked a child and tried...

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Children’s abduction

 Two traffic wardens in Lahore helped rescue an abducted child on Monday, a press statement said. “They signalled the motorcyclist to stop. However, he pulled out a handgun. The child jumped off and ran towards them. The gunman fled,” it said. The child later said he was a resident of Dallu Kalan on Rohi drain. Michael vows to recover all...

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Listed below are some of the Laws and Acts prevalent in Pakistan with regards to Children Rights

Source:  http://ombudsmanpunjab.gov.pk/children-complaint-office/child-right-acts-laws/ 1.Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act, 2004 2.The Punjab Compulsory Primary Education Act, 1994 3.The Child Nutrition Act, 2002 4.Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000 5.West Pakistan Juvenile Smoking Ordinance 1959 6.Child Marriages...

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Tobacco and the rights of the child

This report was released by WHO to encourage countries to abide by the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by taking necessary legislative and regulatory measures to protect children from tobacco, and ensure that the interests of children take precedence over those of the tobacco industry. In addition to the harmful effects caused...

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Trends in reported cases of CSA (Sahil)

Sexual abuse has for long been neglected by various segments of our society where social norms and cultural anecdotes have played an active role in suppressing these issues. These practices have affected the response of law enforcing agencies towards these issues of violence. There are many victimized segments in the society. However one segment...

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SPARC Gets New Executive Director

Ms. Sadia Hussain joined SPARC as Executive Director in November 2015. She has been working in Pakistan on diverse areas of education, monitoring and research for the past fifteen years. She has worked on several DFID and ADB funded projects as a self employed educational research consultant, running her own company successfully for more...

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Solar kids treatment successful

The two children who live in a suburb at Quetta city suffer from a rare disease. When the sun rises they are bright and chirpy, when it sets they become lifeless. “I have five children. But only these two suffer from this disease,” said Hashim, their father. Doctors at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), where the children...

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I am 12 years old and I wish there was no child labour!

That cruel man became angry and kicked the boy really hard on his back. That poor small boy who was wearing dirty black clothes filled with mud ignored him and continued to fix our cycle. PHOTO: REUTERSYesterday, I went to my friend’s house to play. We wanted to go cycling on the road in his neighbourhood.Since, there was no air in the tyres we...

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Sahil Organization

Vision Har Bacha Mehfooz…Safe, Secure and Protected Mission To develop a protective environment for children free from all forms of violence especially child sexual abuse Introduction Sahil has been working for the last 20 years on child protection especially against child sexual abuse. Our services include free legal aid and free...

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Child Rights and Welfare NGOs in Pakistan

Logo(Submitted by Orgnizations)Name and WebsiteActive SincePostal AddressWork Overview / Comments(Submitted by Orgnizations. Edited for clarity and content uniqueness) Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child1992151-B, Street 37, F-10/1, P.O. Box 301,Islamabad, Pakistan.Tel: +92 (51) 229 1553+92 (51) 229 1559Fax: +92 (51) 229 1680Field...

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50 percent children out of school due to poverty

The alarming statistics were shared by experts and media persons at a seminar on ‘Promotion and Protection of Child Rights’ organised by the Ministry of Human Rights in collaboration with Unicef.  Participants of the seminar discussed the state of child rights in Pakistan and the role different stakeholders could play to improve the situation.They...

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Child Abuse

At least 3,768 children were sexually-assaulted during the year 2015. This comes down to an average of 10 children being abused each day. The year 2015 saw a 7 per cent increase in incidents of sexual abuse against children. Sahil, an NGO that works for spreading awareness about child sexual abuse in Pakistan-launched their annual report titled...

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Child abuse ring revelations

LAHORE: Child abuse cases are taking alarming proportions and adversely affecting the individuals, families as well as the whole society but there is a dearth of laws and bodies to check such incidents and rehabilitate the victims. Sahil, an organisation working on child abuse cases, compiles data referring it as “cruel numbers” from national...

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Child Labour in Pakistan

Child labour is a serious crime all over the world. The Unicef defines child labour as some type of work performed by children below the age of 18. There is something seriously wrong with our country which not only fails to educate all its children but also seems to be dependent on them to keep its economy afloat. The country is heading back into...

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