Rawalpindi : Pakistan National Heart Association on Wednesday paid tributes to renowned cardiologist and President of the Association Major General Masood-ur-Rehman Kayani for his meritorious and.
Islamabad : Pakistan suffers from excessive, contradictory, and convoluted legislation on the issue of child rights. Of the 35 national and provincial Child Protection Acts, there are no two acts.
Compliance with commitments on child rights stressed
Islamabad
May 28, 2021
Islamabad : Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) with the support of Save the Children organised a Seminar on ‘Pakistan’s International Commitments and compliance with Child Rights’ on Thursday.
Afshan Tehseen Bajwa, Chairperson National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) shared that NCRC has been set up to make recommendations for effective implementation of policies related to children and recommend the Federal Government to sign, ratify or accede to any proposed International Treaties and Protocols in the best interest of children. She further added that although the commission has started only recently it has an integral role to play for promotion of child rights in Pakistan.
‘More resources must be allocated for child rights’
Islamabad
May 25, 2021
Islamabad:Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) with the support of Save the Children Pakistan organized a High level Consultation on Increased Budgetary Allocation and Expenditures on Children on Monday.
Child Rights activists demanded the Federal and Provincial governments to increase resource allocations to improve the status of child rights in Pakistan Riaz Ahmed Fatyana, chairman, Standing Committee on Law & Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan said that special measures are required to safeguard the rights of vulnerable children.
There is a need to increase overall spending on child rights especially the percentage of developmental budgets in education, child health and nutrition, and child protection.
‘Higher proportion of resources must be allocated for child rights’
National
May 25, 2021
Islamabad: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) with the support of Save the Children Pakistan organized a High level Consultation on Increased Budgetary Allocation and Expenditures on Children on Monday.
Child Rights activists demanded the Federal and Provincial governments to increase resource allocations to improve the status of child rights in Pakistan Riaz Ahmed Fatyana, chairman, Standing Committee on Law & Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan said that special measures are required to safeguard the rights of vulnerable children. There is a need to increase overall spending on child rights especially the percentage of developmental budgets in education, child health and nutrition, and child protection.