Pakistan, March 5 -- The Senate on Wednesday passed the 'Zainab Alert, Recovery and Response Bill, 2020' aimed at raising alert, response and recovery of missing and abducted children.

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati moved a motion under Rule 263 for immediate consideration of the bill by dispensing the rules.

The House passed the motion and considered the bill as reported by the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights. The House passed the bill after a brief discussion following which investigation into all cases involving the kidnapping, rape and murder of minor children will be completed within three months.

The bill will raise the required alerts and initiate the responses required for recovery of missing, abdu...