Pakistan’s biggest child sex abuse scandal uncovered involving 280 children

Pakistan’s biggest child sex abuse scandal uncovered involving 280 children

A shocking report has emerged from Pakistan revealing the country’s largest ever child sexual abuse scandal involving almost 280 children.

Home safe: 14 children reunited with families

Home safe: 14 children reunited with families

Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Officer Ali Abid Naqvi said the children had been taken in after they were found begging or collecting scrap from various parts of the city.

Future anxiety among orphans can be decreased by professional help

Future anxiety among orphans can be decreased by professional help

For those who are raised in state-run institutions for the care of orphans, the possibility for future anxiety is among the biggest issues. When they set out on their own after turning 18, most of the orphans face great challenges until they manage to stand on their own feet.

Child protection: Convention on children’s rights ‘poorly implemented’

Child protection: Convention on children’s rights ‘poorly implemented’

Civil society organisations have expressed concern over the poor implementation of concluding observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of Children.

After bin Laden backlash, CIA promises: No more vaccination campaigns for spying

After bin Laden backlash, CIA promises: No more vaccination campaigns for spying

Amid a deadly backlash again vaccinations and a resurgence of polio in Pakistan, the White House has promised that the CIA will never again use an immunization campaign as a tool of spycraft.

Saskatoon woman, adopted son stuck in Pakistan; Province won’t sanction adoption

Saskatoon woman, adopted son stuck in Pakistan; Province won’t sanction adoption

A Saskatoon woman and her adopted son have been trapped for three years in one of the world’s most dangerous cities while the Saskatchewan government refuses to recognize the adoption.

Pathetic conditions of orphanages merit govt intervention

Pathetic conditions of orphanages merit govt intervention

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - Lahore—Among the huge number of orphans, female orphans stand notably critically vulnerable to social monstrosities as Punjab government that champions to protect their rights has only two orphan houses for million of female orphans underscoring the fact that government is not walking its talk.

NGO reunites eight kids with their families

NGO reunites eight kids with their families


The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, Rawalpindi, has reunited eight children with their parents and also taken nine other children into its custody for care and to trace out their guardians.

Child protection: None of the children said they were raped, says investigation report

Child protection: None of the children said they were raped, says investigation report


The allegations that children were sexually abused and exposed to pornography by Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) Faisalabad employees could not be sustained, an investigation team constituted by the Faisalabad commissioner says.

Child protection: If orphaned, abandoned or adopted, NADRA won’t register you

Child protection: If orphaned, abandoned or adopted, NADRA won’t register you

Father, husband or unknown are the only three choices a woman has if she wants to fill in a form for an adopted child’s registration in Pakistan.

Save your children from the child protection bureau!

Save your children from the child protection bureau!


In an attempt to maintain their records, the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau has taken to kidnapping children playing outside their houses, City 42 reported on Monday.

Child Protection Bureau hands over 9 beggar children to parents

Child Protection Bureau hands over 9 beggar children to parents

Child Protection and Welfare Bureau handed over nine beggar children to their parents with the written grantee that they would not ask children for begging in the future. According to information received here, Child Protection Bureau arrested these children during an operation with the help of police squad.

French Mother Gets Child Custody in Pakistan

French Mother Gets Child Custody in Pakistan

Osama bin Laden's told his children 'not to follow him down path of jihad'

Osama bin Laden's told his children 'not to follow him down path of jihad'

Osama bin Laden told his children "not to follow him down the road to jihad", as the first photographs emerged of his children being held under house arrest in Islamabad.

Govt’s lack of interest in child rights worries SPARC

Govt’s lack of interest in child rights worries SPARC

Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has expressed concern over lack of interest of past and present Pakistani governments in improving the state of child rights in the country, which is evident from the fact that several bills regarding children’s rights are pending and there has been no follow-up on the concluding observations and recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Pakistan’s last periodic report.

Woman given suspended prison term in Malta

Woman given suspended prison term in Malta

A woman made infamous because of her handling of adoptions from Pakistan was given a suspended jail term Tuesday after she failed to return almost €12,000 to a couple following a failed adoption. A report in Malta Times said Wednesday.

State responsible for guardianship of 32,500 destitute children: SHC

State responsible for guardianship of 32,500 destitute children: SHC

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has pronounced the State as responsible for the guardianship and protection of destitute and hapless street children. According to the judgment, the Sindh government would arrange for the destitute children within two weeks and expand the allocated budget for the welfare of these children.

Court orders social welfare department to take custody of street children

Court orders social welfare department to take custody of street children

The Sindh High Court has ordered the Social Welfare Department to take street children into its custody from now on.

U.S.: Report CIA Drones Killed 168 Kids 'Way Off the Mark'

U.S.: Report CIA Drones Killed 168 Kids 'Way Off the Mark'

The U.S. is disputing today a report that its counter-terror drone program has killed hundreds of civilians in Pakistan, including more than 160 children.

Children for sale adopted after 2 days

Children for sale adopted after 2 days

The Child Protection & Welfare Bureau has adopted the children who were put on sale by their mother on Saturday because of poverty.