KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has appreciated Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar for adopting the Zainab Alert Bill.
Asad Umar in his tweet, he also appreciated Usman Buzdar’s positive response to the request of Amin Ansari, the father of Zainab, on which the bill has been named after.
Thank you @UsmanAKBuzdar for your immediate positive response to the request of amin ansari sahib, father of zainab, which i had communicated to you yesterday. https://t.co/wg42sft2gn
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 25, 2020
Buzdar, in his tweet, posted, “We have principally decided to adopt the Zainab Alert Bill to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in Punjab. Child abuse cases are always traumatic to hear and are our biggest concern. This is another leap in our mission of providing our children with the safest possible environment.”
We have principally decided to adopt #ZainabAlertBill to ensure safety and wellbeing of children in Punjab.
Child abuse cases are always traumatic to hear and are our biggest concern. This is another leap in our mission of providing our children with safest possible environment.
— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) January 25, 2020
The Zainab Alert Bill introduced in the National Assembly on 10th January which defines the law for the response and recovery of missing children. The bill is designed for the complaints related to minor children who are reported missing, abducted, and raped. A helpline 1099 will be established for it.
The bill is named after a seven-year-old Zainab Ansari who was raped and killed in Kasur. She went missing and her body was found on a pile of garbage. The brutal rape and murder had triggered angry countrywide protests. Zainab’s murderer was hanged in Kot Lakhpat jail the same year.
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