child rights

List of Acronyms ILO                  International Labour Organization FATA               Federally Administered Tribal Areas […]

The Report on Internal Human Trafficking 2022, prepared by Barrister Abdus Saleem & Law Associates, aims to discuss the laws pertaining to human trafficking, specifically the […]

Introduction Under Islamic law, a child born out of wedlock is considered filius nullius (“a son of nobody”) and considered to own no lineage to the […]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُون We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Shaigan Shareef Malik, former Federal Secretary (Pakistan Administrative Service BS-22), Government of […]

Two-time world boxing champion Amir Khan and his wife Faryal Makhdoom met the family of Zohra Shah in Islamabad recently (2nd October 2020), inviting them to […]

Legal Rights of Children Under Laws of Pakistan Many laws deal with the rights of children. It is necessary to shed light on the definition of a child, […]

Remissness Towards Juvenile Rights The guiding principles set out this year by UNICEF state that, “Children’s rights are human rights for children.” The 1989 United Nations Convention on […]

Childhood Snatched Too Soon The children of this country are its greatest assets. It is not just my responsibility or yours but it is the responsibility […]

Pakistan And The Rights Of The Child On 24-25 May, the Government of Pakistan was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, regarding […]

Pakistan Needs Comprehensive Law to Combat Child Sexual Abuse Child sexual abuse is a silent crime committed under the veil of disguise. Almost all the developing […]

Pedophilia – An Obfuscated Reality Outrage against pedophilia is not new. By turning the pages of history it is evident that in the classical Greece hierarchical society, […]

Child Labor in Pakistan Child labor is the employment of children for work which results in harm to the child’s well being.[1]Not all kinds of work […]

Little Abused Souls Await Justice In every civilized nation of the world children are regarded as innocent, special and valuable assets through whom significant societal transformation […]

Protecting our Children: Kasur in Perspective Sexual abuse in Pakistan is widespread and often goes unchecked. Societal norms, particularly the notion of ‘family honour,’ result in […]

Child Abuse Nelson Mandela once said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats it’s children.” Indeed […]