Minister seeks parents' help to end child abuse.

Byline: Saleem Shahid

QUETTA -- Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove has urged parents and students to help the government end acts of sexual violence against children.

Speaking at a programme on child abuse in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said preventing child sexual abuse in educational institutions was important, but blaming the government for the menace was not fair.

He said seminars should be held to create awareness about child sexual abuse and courses on the subject included in education curriculum.

The minister said a committee had been formed to identify elements involved in the University of Balochistan sexual harassment scandal.

Unfortunately, he said, the incident forced parents to stop sending their children to universities and other educational institutions.

Focal Person for Federal Ombudsman Secretariat Syeda Waqar Ul Nisa Hashmi briefed the participants on incidents and causes of sexual violence against children across the country.

She said there were multiple causes of sexual violence against children.

She said 55.17 per cent of cases were reported with unknown motives, while 20.68pc of children were sexually assaulted by friends and others.

Ms Hashmi said that majority of victims of sexual violence had been kidnapped from outside their homes and taken to under-construction buildings from where they were recovered alive or dead.

'Sexual violence usually took place between 5pm and 8pm. The main reason for increase in...