Minors wade through city’s garbage on SSWMB payroll
Government reminded of Sindh child protection law, minimum wage
KARACHI:
The Sindh Child Protection Authority may have been established in 2011, but provincial government bodies are still employing minors as janitors and garbage pickers to sweep the streets and lift solid waste in the city.
This is claimed by social activists, who have written to the Sindh chief minister, provincial minister for human rights, local government minister, the National Commission on Status of Children chairperson and the Sindh Child Protection Authority. The letter, penned by Helpline Trust, pointed out that minors are being cruelly exploited by local contractors working under the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB).
Increasing cases of child sexual abuse in Pakistan continue
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25 May 2021, 04:27 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Child sexual abuse cases are rising steadily in Pakistan and both boys are girls are vulnerable to such horrific attacks, which involves influential people as well.
Barkat Ali Ansari, Sindh Provincial Coordinator of Sahil, an organisation working for child protection, told The Express Tribune that in many child sexual cases, influential people are involved, so cases are not registered. The influential people tell police they will decide something [with the family] on the issue between themselves and the case does not end getting registered the case. Moreover, police also don t register cases without medical reports, he said.
Vulnerable and unprotected
Child sexual abuse cases are steadily on the rise in Pakistan and both boys and girls are vulnerable to such abuse
KARACHI:
It took Farhan three years to get past the traumatic experience of gang sodomy. The nightmare haunted the 14-year-old so severely that he couldn’t even stay alone in his room. There was also no way his family could encourage him to go to school or play outside with his friends.
“He remained terrified for years, fearing they would also come back to kill him. We live hand to mouth and couldn’t afford counselling for my brother,” said Farhan’s sister, Khaula , while talking to
Corporal punishment continues to squander child rights
While a law has been in the works for four years, Sindh still struggles to offer its children the protection they need
KARACHI:
Curbing crimes against children has long remained an uphill battle for Sindh, where despite the existence of legal framework, right of child are routinely infringed upon in broad daylight. Regrettably and rather shamefully, the province’s schools and seminaries continue to remain on the forefront of the violence.
Reports from various districts suggest that teachers at these institutions have been in the habit of punishing minor students by subjecting them to grossly inhumane and degrading treatments, which frequently lead to mental and physical harm.
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was informed on Friday that the needy madressah students were not given any financial assistance from the zakat fund due to want of a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the home department and district administration.
While furnishing statement and lawmakers’ written and verbal queries during Question Hour, Parliamentary Secretary for Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr Heer Soho said that the madressahs were not being issued NOC for availing the facility of financial assistance for deserving students as the procedure of obtaining an NOC from the home department and the district administration was complicated.
She informed the lawmakers that the needy students of as many as 22 public-sector universities and poor patients at 26 different public and private hospitals were given financial aid from the zakat fund.