Off the streets: Child beggars handed back to parents

Children taken into custody from different areas are presented in Child Protection Court for legal custody.


June 10, 2012

RAWALPINDI:


Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) Rawalpindi rescued 10 children found begging on the city’s roads during the past week.


According to district officer CPWB, children found begging on the roads are taken into custody by the bureau as rescue teams along with the police regularly visit areas where the majority of beggars are to be found in the city. He informed that the children taken into custody from different areas are presented in Child Protection Court for legal custody.

The family tracing unit of the bureau attempts to find out their parents and on provision of an affidavit that the children would not be made to beg, they are handed over to them. He said people should come forward and play their role in this regard and information about such children should be given on the child protection help line 1121.

He said people should help create awareness about making children productive citizens.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2012.

COMMENTS (4)

S | 11 years ago | Reply

@Knotty totally disagree, there is a lot of work being done in Khi and Peshawar and other cities to help homeless children by local people. May be not by local govt but that doesn't matter, does it? Instead of being critical about something we need to step forward and make a difference. And please stop the dirty politics of provinces, mean no offence and honest comment. Pakistan Zindabad

Knotty | 11 years ago | Reply

Child protection bureau only exists in Punjab (one of the very few good deeds done by Pervaiz Elah, then CM Punjab in 2005). . Its reassuring to see that 60% of Pakistan (Punjab) doesn't have child begging problems. . Other provinces should do the same asap.

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