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The Children We Sacrifice

Pakistani children aren’t safe. That’s not opinion or exaggeration. It’s the bleak, burning truth we keep looking away from. They’re ignored, exploited, brutalised and abandoned on every possible front. But don’t think for a second the numbers in this piece tell the whole story. For every reported case, dozens vanish into silence or into the child’s grave. The first blow…

Wounded Childhood

PAKISTAN is unkind to its children. The NCRC’s State of Children in Pakistan Report 2024 scans the grim circumstances our young are forced to navigate, and spells out the systemic apathy towards their safety, health and progress. It asserts that the country faces tremendous difficulties in safeguarding the rights of…
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CM Warns of Rising Synthetic Drug Threat in Schools

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 5 July 2024 conducted a meeting on the dangers of narcotics and ordered the strengthening of the provincial narcotics wing to control the drug menace. Officials said the government had decided to strengthen the Excise and Narcotics Control Department in order to…

CPI resolves 258 cases of child protection

Islamabad: Child Protection Institute (CPI), Ministry of Human Rights, has dealt with 260 cases of child protection since its inauguration in June 2021, says the data released by CPI. Among the total number, 243 were boys and 17 were girls. Out of the total number of cases, 125 cases were…

Tackling Drug Abuse in Educational Settings

PESHAWAR: Retired Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, the interim Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, expressed deep concern on 22 Dec 2023 regarding the escalating use of drugs among students in educational institutions, highlighting the destructive impact on the youth. During a review meeting on the progress of the Khushhal Khyber…

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