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Saturday April 27, 2024

Justice denied

January 21, 2018

Zia Ahmed Awan, the founder of the Madadgar National Helpline 1098, has filed a petition in the SC to hold all government departments accountable for failing to stop violence against children. The step was taken after a person accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in 2010 was acquitted of all charges and set free.

It seems that our country has a lot to do if it wants to eradicate the menace of child sexual abuse. If exemplary punishments are awarded to criminals in a timely manner, the number of such crimes can be reduced.

Safa Waseem ( Karachi )