Farhatullah Babar slams govt for neglecting children in conflict zones
Pakistan, June 25 -- Smiles from the faces of children had been snatched by stunted growth, forced labour, absence of schools, absence of play and a broken juvenile justice system, lamented former Senator Farhatullah Babar on Monday.
Speaking at a function organized by the organisation "Save the Children" at a local hotel in Islamabad, he maintained that children were abandoned to their fate in conflict zones by a state-driven more by security paranoia rather than public welfare.
In 1990, he added, Pakistan had promised the international community to set up a child rights commission.
It had taken over 27 years to make legislation for this purpose last year, Babar noted.
Despite legislation, wailed, the Commission was not yet set up be...
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