Daily Times

HYDERABAD: Members of Child Rights Club, formed by Society for Protection of Rights of Child on Monday has expressed concern on state of children in Pakistan demanded strict law against child abuse and educators for using corporal punishment at schools.

Quoting the incident of corporal punishment at Cadet College Larkana where an educator used corporal punishment and assaulted a student, Muhammad Ahmed and left him with a broken neck bone under and almost disabled, CRC demanded to abolish corporal punishment in schools.

Addressing news conference, Latif Atar, Absar Hussain, Abdul Rehman and other member of CRC regretted that the atrocities against children were on the rise in Sindh. In the present era of 21st century, children were deprived of standard education, food, healthcare and other basic facilities.

The reason of which, they narrated, was failure of the state to implement laws pertaining to child right. They said, Sindh Child Protection Authority Act was passed in 2011, but there was no law introduced even after 5 years of time, neither any child protection units was opened.

CRC members further said that Rs.200m were earmarked for the purpose but it was feared that the budget allocate for the purpose may lapse.

They presented before the press their demands to open schools for children engaged in bonded labor in brick kilns; implement Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, children languishing in jails be provided with free legal aid, open rehabilitation centers for street and run away children and to implement minimum wages for children working as domestic worker.