Child rights: Pakistan criticises UN report

Pakistan was taking stern action to stop extremist groups from using children to promote their “nihilistic” agendas.

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan criticised a UN report on the situation in the country and told the Security Council that it was taking stern action to stop extremist groups from using children to promote their “nihilistic” agendas.  Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon said late on Tuesday that Pakistan took pride in being actively involved in the protection and promotion of child rights at all levels. While describing a UN report on the subject as “unwarranted and misleading”, he said that it went beyond the council’s assigned mandate of covering only armed conflicts.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 14^th, 2011.