Rabbani’s proposal: Plea for CCI meeting on child rights

Acting President Mian Raza Rabbani has asked the government to call a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to bring the laws on child rights enacted in provinces to one place and ensure their implementation as a comprehensive law. Speaking at a seminar on child rights at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS), he urged the government to form a joint parliamentary committee with equal participation of government and opposition members of both houses and mandated to look into the performance and implementation of the law. The joint parliamentary committee should initially present its reports to both Houses on a quarterly basis, he said. The Acting President also asked for all human rights and international covenants to be presented before the Senate or the National Assembly.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 2^nd,  2015.