RT demands recovery of missing children in Lahore

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Lahore: July 23, 2016. (PCP) Rwadari Tehreek (a social movement for a peaceful society) held a protest in front of Punjab Assembly on 23rd July to draw attention of the Government and the law enforcement agencies towards the enormous increase in child abduction incidents witnessed and reported in Media in past few months in Lahore. The Protest was led by Chairman Rwadari Tehreek Mr. Samson Salamat and was participated by the effected families and prominent social and political activists including Ms. Saeeda Diep (Chairperson, IPSS), Ms. Sadia Sohail Rana (MPA), Mr. Umar Farooq (Secretary General, Rwadari Tehreek), Ms. Sabira Asmat (President Rwadari Tehreek Punjab), Mr. Iftikhar Rasool (President Rwadari Tehreek- Lahore), Mr. Rizwan Gill Advocate (Vice President Rwadari Tehreek- Lahore), Mr. Zameer Afaqi, Mr. Naseer Ahmed, Mr. Samuel Pyara, (members of Rwadari Tehreek Core Committee). Chairman Rwadari Tehreek while addressing the protest said that "the situation is alarming in Lahore due to the frequent incidents of abduction of children and adolescents and there is an atmosphere of terror particularly the Badami Bagh/ Data Nagar area of Lahore where almost 20 children were abducted just in July 2016 and among those 4 were found dead". Government functionaries and the Concerned Departments- law enforcement agencies, Human Rights Ministry, Child Protection Bureau should turned their eye towards this important issue and take immediate action for the safe recovery of the abducted children. The participants made following demands at this occasion: Judicial Inquiry to probe the objectives behind the frequent abduction of children, safe and immediate recovery of the abducted children and a financial compensation to the victim families and a concrete policy should be made to stop such crimes in future.

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