Sept 01 , 2015
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Rabbani asks govt to call CCI meeting on child rights
Acting president suggest joint parliamentary body to check performance, implementation of lawISLAMABAD – Acting President Raza Rabbani has asked the government to call a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to bring laws on child rights enacted in provinces and ensure their implementation as a comprehensive law.
Speaking at a seminar on child rights at the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS), he urged the government to form a joint parliamentary committee with equal participation of government and opposition members of the Senate and the National Assembly and mandated to look into the performance and implementation of the law.
The joint parliamentary committee should initially present its reports to both houses of the parliament on a quarterly basis, he said. The acting president also asked for all human rights and international covenants to be presented before the Senate or the National Assembly. He said although the constitution of Pakistan and international covenants, to which Pakistan is a signatory, ensure protection of the child rights, the incidents in Kasur and Lahore were tragic.
– Best interests of the child –
He asked the government to declare 2016 as a year of “best interests of the child” for the sake of the protection of children. “After playing around with the nation for 68 years, we are standing at a crossroads where all roads lead to destruction except one,” said the acting president, asking the question whether “we are ready to mend our ways and make the federation prosper.”
“We have to move forward towards implementation of laws on a priority basis as the nation has a great potential,” he said. “The nation will bounce back and its resilience in the wake of gruesome incidents in Peshawar, Karachi, Quetta and Lahore caused by terrorists is the evidence,” he said. He also said that he was sorry for what happened to the children of Kasur.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk