CM vows to safeguard children’s rights

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is determined to safeguard the rights of children.

He was talking to Special Coordinator to CM on Child Protection Sara Ahmad at his office on Sunday.

The coordinator presented the CM a three-year performance report of the Child Protection Bureau. She also thanked him for extending full support for safeguarding the rights of children.

The chief minister said the PTI government had turned the Child Protection Bureau into a vibrant institution and its scope would be extended to every district of Punjab.

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He added that not a single meeting of the board of the Child Protection Bureau took place in the last 12 years of previous governments.

He said that the Punjab government was providing all available resources to the bureau to safeguard the rights of destitute and helpless children.

Buzdar ordered indiscriminate action against the gangs involved in child beggary and said, “Children living at the Child Protection Bureau are like our own children,” adding that no stone would be left unturned to safeguard their rights.

The CM said he would inaugurate the Faisalabad Child Protection Bureau during his visit to the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 23^rd, 2021.