Security: Schools told to deploy guards at student vans
The govt was taking steps to recover the missing children and had made gains in this regard, says Advocate General
After the hearing, the chief justice directed police to monitor school vans and make sure that they were escorted by security guards. He the advocate general to assist the court on lacunae in the organ transplant law. PHOTO: ONLINE
LAHORE:
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has directed school administrations to make sure that school vans are escorted by security guards.
The chief justice issued these instructions on Advocate Zain Sikandar’s petition seeking security for school vans. Sikandar submitted that incidents of kidnapping of schoolchildren were on the rise and most of them were kidnapped on their way to school or on their way home. He said that parents were worried about the security of their children. Under the Constitution, he said, it was state’s responsibility to protect the children.
A law officer appeared before the court on behalf of the Punjab government and submitted that boundary walls of 4,000 public and 2,000 private schools of A and A+ categories had been raised and secured using barbed wire. He said security guards had been deployed at these schools.
Faisal Masood, vice chancellor of the King Edward Medical University, informed the court that organs of children under five years of age could not be transplanted in adults. He said that there were lacunae in the organ transplant law with regard to transplant of children’s organs that should be removed.
After the hearing, the chief justice directed police to monitor school vans and make sure that they were escorted by security guards. He the advocate general to assist the court on lacunae in the organ transplant law.
Advocate General Shakilur Rehman told the media on Friday the government was taking steps to recover the missing children and had made gains in this regard.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2016.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has directed school administrations to make sure that school vans are escorted by security guards.
The chief justice issued these instructions on Advocate Zain Sikandar’s petition seeking security for school vans. Sikandar submitted that incidents of kidnapping of schoolchildren were on the rise and most of them were kidnapped on their way to school or on their way home. He said that parents were worried about the security of their children. Under the Constitution, he said, it was state’s responsibility to protect the children.
A law officer appeared before the court on behalf of the Punjab government and submitted that boundary walls of 4,000 public and 2,000 private schools of A and A+ categories had been raised and secured using barbed wire. He said security guards had been deployed at these schools.
Faisal Masood, vice chancellor of the King Edward Medical University, informed the court that organs of children under five years of age could not be transplanted in adults. He said that there were lacunae in the organ transplant law with regard to transplant of children’s organs that should be removed.
After the hearing, the chief justice directed police to monitor school vans and make sure that they were escorted by security guards. He the advocate general to assist the court on lacunae in the organ transplant law.
Advocate General Shakilur Rehman told the media on Friday the government was taking steps to recover the missing children and had made gains in this regard.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2016.