Punjab government under a network programme will set up Child Protection Welfare Bureaus and Child Protection Institutions in all districts of the province.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that so far Child Protection Welfare Bureaus had been established at Sialkot, Multan, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rahim Yar Khan district while in Rawalpindi bureau would soon be established.
The bureau and each child protection institution would establish a fund to be known as "Destitute and Neglected Children's Welfare fund". The prime concept of this programme was to provide secure and safe haven to destitute, neglected, run-away and lost children.
A comprehensive survey would be carried out in each district for compiling the data of child beggars; destitute, street children. The child protection institutes would ensure the provision of residential, educational, recreational and vocational training facilities to the admitted destitute and neglected children.
The provincial government was actively considering establishing "Child Protection Courts" in the Punjab.
These courts would not only work as a guardian of the rights of the destitute and neglected children but also as a mechanism to punish the persons and groups involved in offences against child right.
The Child Protection welfare Bureaus would initially focus on the beggar and street children because of magnitude of the problem in Punjab, sources added.
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