ZARRA Missing and Abducted Children Data

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Pakistan has established the Zanaib Alert, Response and Recovery Agency (ZARRA) under the Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act, 2020 to strengthen its efforts to find missing children and reunite them with their families by improving alert system data sharing, information provision, and reporting of missing children.

ZARRA has released the missing and abducted children data from October, 2021 to JUNE, 2022.

PROVINCE WISE CASES %
Punjab 783 63.04
Sindh 205 16.51
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 176 14.17
Islamabad 43 3.46
Balochistan 35 2.82
Total 1242
ZARRA 2022

According to data, a total of 1242 cases were reported of missing and abducted in all over Pakistan. Majority of cases were reported in Punjab (63%) followed by Sindh (16.5%)

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