300 child beggars taken into custody in Punjab

By Our Correspondent
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Published February 12, 2020

LAHORE: The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) has taken 300 beggar children into its custody all over the province in a bid to root out child beggary.

The CPWB launched a crackdown on beggar mafia in eight districts of the province. By now, the department has rescued 95 children in Lahore alone and all of them were beggars.

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