Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Officer Ali Abid Naqvi said the children had been taken in after they were found begging or collecting scrap from various parts of the city. PHOTO: AFP
No Choosers Here: Police haul away 46 beggars
The teams raided different localities, including Shoukat Khanum Chowk, CampusBridge, Barkat Market, Moon Market, Kareem Block Market, Gulberg, Defence Morh, Y-Block, H-Block, MM Alam Road, Johar Town, Mini Market, Liberty Market, Defence Morh, MallRoad, Model Town and Johar Town. Around 39 boys and 17 girls aged between five to 14 years were found begging on the road. On the orders of Child Protection Court, these children have been shifted to the Child Protection Institute and the teams were trying to contact their parents. Saba Sadiq directed the teams to carry on the operation to eliminate child beggary.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2017.
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