Staff Reporter
The Senate Special Committee on Child Protection in its meeting held on Monday called for undertaking efforts toward sensitisation of the people for addressing the issue of increasing child abuse incidents.
The meeting was held to discuss in detail formulation of Terms of Reference of the Committee.
Chaired by Senator Rubina Khalid, the meeting was attended by Senator Rana Maqbool Ahmed, Senator Muhammad Ali Khan Saif and Naveed Zada Khan Law Officer from the Ministry of Law and Justice.
The Committee will visit Abbotabad on Wednesday to probe the case and get details regarding the stage of investigation it is at.
It will also meet the victim’s parents to assure them of the Committee’s all out support.
The Committee recommended that the Zainab Alert, Recovery and Response Bill and TORs of the previously formed committee must be studied minutely.
Chairperson Committee revealed that the Committee was setup on the special directives of the Chairman Senate, Senator Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani and is intended to review the issue of child abuse in great detail; especially in connection with reference to the incident that took place in a Mansehra Seminary. She stressed the need for sensitization of the people of Pakistan and said that we as a society must play our role.
She urged the media to play its role and highlight all such cases that take place in the country. She showed concern regarding cases of child abuse in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa not being highlighted enough by the media.
