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December 29, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

Children’s Rights | Children’s Protection Services, Korangi Children’s Protection Shelter, Sindh CPUs

Child protection legislation in Pakistan is plentiful, complicated and ineffective. There isn’t one single legal definition for the age of a child set by the Federal Government and agreed upon by the Provinces in various child protection laws. This is despite Pakistan’s ratification of international conventions such as the United

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December 28, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

Children’s Rights: Legal Definition of a Child

On May 31st 2020, 8 year old domestic worker Zohra Shah was murdered at the hands of her employers for accidentally setting free expensive parrots from their cage. Zohra was taken to Beghum Akhtar Ruksana Hospital in Rawalpindi, where she succumbed to severe injuries. She had been sent as a

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November 19, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

Children’s Rights | Failure at the Federal Level: The Single National Curriculum

The Government’s approach to education policy regarding the Single National Curriculum (SNC) is fundamentally anemic, and from a legislative perspective violates the 18th amendment’s devolution of authority on curriculum-planning to the Provinces. While the objective behind a Single National Curriculum for the entire country is to end “education apartheid”, the

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October 20, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

The Motorway Gang-Rape Incident and A Culture of Misogyny

The horrific gang-rape incident that took place on 9th September, 2020 on the Lahore-Sialkot stretch of the M2 Motorway has sparked outrage for more reasons than one. A stranded woman was robbed and gang-raped in front of her two young children. The police arrived much too late and in a

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October 2, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

Mine Safety and Miners’ Rights in Pakistan

Mine safety continues to be a lapse in public interest throughout Pakistan, tying into a broader issue of worker rights particularly with regards to regulation around worker safety. The recent rockslide at Mohmand Marble Mine in KPK Province that killed 22 people is Pakistan’s most recent mining disaster. Mining disasters

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September 15, 2020 by Raasti in Our Blog

Storm Water Drains & Urban Flooding

The Nature of The Issue: August 2020 saw massive flash flooding in Karachi, with 40 lives lost (Ahmed Ahsan, Unraveling the Urban Flood, Dawn, Sept 2020), streets inundated with dangerous, rapidly moving, deep water; landslides; collapsing houses and complete inundation of neighborhoods with stagnant water for days. Government officials made

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May 30, 2019 by admin in Our Blog, Press, Uncategorized

PILAP has a new CEO!

Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Pervez Said of Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan Over the years, PILAP Executive Committee members and office bearers used to share time to steer PILAP and manage operations. With increased workload and growth needed, the Executive Committee and Team PILAP welcome the dedicated Chief Executive

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July 20, 2018 by admin in Our Blog

Pakistan General Election 2018 – Party Manifestos compared for Public Interest Issues

At PILAP, we prepared a comparative sheet of leading parties and an independent candidate contesting elections 2018 who have published Manifestos for Election 2018. At PILAP, we tried to assess their interest, mission, plan and measures to address issues of Public Interest, like Education, Health, Water, Energy and access to Justice.

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