Federal, provincial govts asked to increase resource allocations for child rights.

Byline: Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD -- Child rights activists on Saturday demanded the federal and provincial governments to allocate more resources to improve child rights in the country.

The activists were speaking at an online session titled 'Post-Budget Session to Analyse the Resources Allocated for the Protection and Promotion of Child Rights', organised by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc).

Senator Mohammad Ali Saif said Pakistan had around 87.9 million children, making them approximately 47pc of the total population.

'Pakistan's present as well as future depends on the survival, protection and promotion [of child] rights, and development of its children, who constitute the majority of our population. Our children are not our future. They are our present - here and now,' he said.

Pakistan has around 87.9 million children, making them approximately 47pc of the total population, Senator Mohammad Ali Saif says

Sparc Executive Director Sajjad Ahmed Cheema recalled that in Prime Minister Imran Khan's first address as prime minister, he mentioned the dire state of children's health in Pakistan.

'Despite such big commitment, we see that there is still no improvement in child health. In the budget, there is no special allocation for child health and nutrition,' he said.

Child rights expert Khalil Ahmed highlighted that Pakistan has not made much progress in its commitment to provide free and...

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