PA, Unicef Sign MoU on Child Rights

1 min read

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly and Unicef Pakistan on September 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here for the promotion of child rights, education, health and social development.

Under the MoU, Unicef will provide technical assistance to the Punjab Assembly and support the Parliamentary Caucuses on Child Rights, Special Children, Women and the SDGs Task Force.

It will assist the standing committees in evidence-and-data-based policy making and also conduct a public expenditure review of the social impact of the budget.

The MoU was signed by assembly Secretary General Chaudhry Amer Habib and Unicef Pakistan Country Representative Pernille Ironside.

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2025

Post Views: 85
Azmat Habib Latest posts
  1. Punitive Action against Three over Dance Party at Chiniot School
  2. CM says Sindh Pioneered Protection Laws for Women and Children
  3. Let’s Talk Education
  4. Displaced and Migrant Children in Pakistan: Evidence Report

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Previous Story

PUBG Influence: Youth Gets Life Term for Murder of Four Family Members in Lahore

Next Story

Court Hands Over 18 Kids Recovered From Orphanage to CPWB

Latest from Blog

Punitive Action against Three over Dance Party at Chiniot School

CHINIOT: A school guard has been terminated from service while the head teacher, as well as a teacher, had been given major penalties of seizure of service and increment stoppage, respectively, over a dance party at a girls school. District Education Officer (Elementary/Women) Khadeeja Bukhari has terminated the service of…
cm

CM says Sindh Pioneered Protection Laws for Women and Children

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on November 4 said that Sindh had pioneered rights-based legislation in Pakistan and continued to strengthen its implementation through coordinated efforts with government departments and development partners. He said this during a meeting, held at CM House, with a delegation of Punjab parliamentarians…

Let’s Talk Education

Join Abid Gill, Deputy Chief Advisor at JICA, to learn about new opportunities for out-of-school children to complete their education while gaining marketable skills. 🎓💡 Post Views: 1…

Displaced and Migrant Children in Pakistan: Evidence Report

Forcibly displaced children and other child migrants are at higher risk of harmful practices and protection risks, including violence, family separation, human trafficking, increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), forced labour and psychosocial distress. In Pakistan, where nearly half of UNHCR’s population of concern are children, internally displaced Pakistani children,…

Injectable Polio Vaccine Debuted in Punjab

Provides better protection than oral variety Children up to 15 to be immunised as older kids now identified as key to transmission Drive to be extended to other high-risk urban centres, such as Karachi, Hyderabad Police rescue polio team detained at private school ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Health auth­orities in Punjab on November…
Go toTop