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The writer is a former editor of Dawn.
EID means different things to different people. Apart from a celebration of the successful end to the month of Ramazan, a period of abstinence, prayer and sacrifice, some identify it with ‘sheer khurma’; others, children in particular, with ‘Eidi’; and yet others with new clothes and family congregations.
I have heard the elderly in the family say ‘Eid to bachchon ki hoti hai (Eid is a festival for the children)’ but what would you say to Sachal, just about four, who was six months old when his father went ‘missing’ while on a trip to the mountainous north of the country? That was in August 2018.
EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for review of Pakistan s GSP+ status over blasphemy law abuse
The resolution notes that there has been an alarming increase in accusations of blasphemy online and offline in Pakistan over the past year. PID/File
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a review of the GSP+ status granted to Pakistan in view of an alarming increase in the use of blasphemy accusations in the country as well as rising number of online and offline attacks on journalists and civil society organisations, it emerged on Friday.
The resolution also calls on the Government of Pakistan to unequivocally condemn incitement to violence and discrimination against religious minorities in the country, and expresses deep concern at the prevailing anti-French sentiment in Pakistan.
Protecting children
April 30, 2021
Today, April 30, marks the International Day to End Corporal Punishment – bringing global attention to the widespread use of the most common form of violence against children.
Around the world 62 states have so far universalized the prohibition of corporal punishment in all settings, including the home, with a further 27 states committing to also enact full prohibition. Outside of the home, the prohibition of corporal punishment is much more widespread with 135 states prohibiting corporal punishment in schools.
The number of countries now universalizing the prohibition of corporal punishment is growing every month. The International Day to End Corporal Punishment seeks to accelerate this progress so that all children are protected from this violence.