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| 35 little girls moved to Sindh govt shelter |
| 2014-11-28 |
| [DAWN] As they were given the boxes of chicken biryani and mango juice, the little girls seated on revolving chairs around a big conference table turned down their gaze and bringing little hands together recited the prayer they had been taught to say before a meal to thank the Almighty. At the Darul Banaat child protection unit in Shanti Nagar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, on Thursday, all seemed far less overwhelmed than they had been a day ago at the SSP Central office in Gulberg where many men claiming to be their guardians or relatives had shown up to take them home. "Getting them out of that environment did them a lot of good," said Nuzhat Fatima, director at the social welfare department of Sindh. "The special assistant to chief minister on social welfare, Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, was directed by the chief minister to take good care of the children until it is decided between the Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui said it was better to send the children back home with the political agent. "They have their own culture and norms. We cannot take chances where children are involved. The sooner this matter is resolved the better," he said. Isn't that where they came from? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-28 16:43 |