ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights expressed grave concern on Monday over the failure of the government to play any impressive role over the period of time against child sexual harassment, child begging, human trafficking, drug abuse, and protection of orphans due to lack of coordination between the ministries/departments responsible to stop such social evils.
The committee deemed that policies were confined to papers only as their implementation seemed to be invisible at grassroots level. The committee, therefore, decided to invite chairman National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra), inspector general Islamabad and director general Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the next meeting so that concrete measures could be adopted to stop such crimes in future.
The committee meeting, chaired by Syeda Nousheen Iftikhar MNA, endorsed the budgetary proposals of Human Rights ministry and its attached departments for the fiscal year 2026-27 and directed the ministry to ensure the completion of their approved projects within given time-frame.
The committee deferred The Pakistan Climate Refugees Rights and Protection Bill, 2024, moved by Muhammad Moin Aamir Pirzada MNA and decided to get in-depth analysis of the proposed legislation from the chairman Nadra in the next meeting.
Earlier, secretary Ministry of Human Rights briefly apprised the committee of the performance of the ministry and problems faced by them. He sought support of the committee in resolving their issues especially enhancement of budget allocation to produce desired results.
