ISLAMABAD: With the case of alleged sexual abuse of children in Kasur district of Punjab making headlines, the issue of successive governments’ failure to effectively legislate for child protection has yet again come to the fore.
During the ongoing session of the National Assembly, the house was provided with a list of initiatives which are in the pipeline specifically to safeguard the rights of children. At best, these measures looked superficial and did not have anything that could be presented as a way forward to address the abuse of child rights.
The information was placed before the lower house of the parliament by federal Minster for Law and Justice Pervez Rashid, who is holding the additional charge of the ministry, besides looking after his prime responsibility of chief spokesperson of the government as information minister.
