Child protection: Police, Bureau will work together

LAHORE: The police will ensure full cooperation with the Child Protection Bureau (CPB) in cracking down on gangs that use children for criminal activities, Inspector General of Police (Punjab) Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a briefing arranged by CPB chairperson Saba Sadiq. The IGP said a team of 20 constables and a senior police officer was cooperating with the CPB in its actions against these criminal gangs. He said that the traffic police would work with the CPB to discourage children from begging on public places. The meeting decided that experts from the CPB should give awareness raising lectures at all police training schools and colleges.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 5^th, 2015.