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Pakistan has laws to tackle TIP and human smuggling, but these have not proved to be effective in stemming the flow

PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has crippled a human smuggling syndicate with the arrest of eight men and 49 illegal immigrants in Ops Gelombang at main bus terminals in Kota Baru and Pasir Mas in Kelantan.

Pakistan Rejects Being Listed On US Child Soldiers Prevention Act Washington adds 15 nations, including Pakistan, Turkey, to list. Pakistan on Friday rejected its "unsubstantiated and baseless" inclusion on the US Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list. "Pakistan does not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, insisting that Islamabad's efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terror entities are "well recognised." Washington on W...

July 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the ‘unsubstantiated and baseless’ inclusion of Pakistan in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) List published in US State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report 2021. The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said that Pakistan did not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers. Pakistan’s efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognised, he added. “The inclusion of Pakistan in the CSPA List depicts...

Daily Times July 3, 2021 Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected its inclusion on the US blacklist of countries implicated in recruiting child soldiers over the last year The Foreign Office in a statement said that Pakistan does not support any non-state armed group nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers and that the country’s in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognised. The inclusion of Pakistan in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list represents either a factual error or misunderstanding. No state institution was consulted by th...