451 beggar children rescued by CPWB in 2012

RAWALPINDI: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) Rawalpindi rescued 451 children found begging on city roads in 2012 and handed over to their parents.

The bureau has rescued as many as 2500 children found begging on city roads during last five years while a large number of such children were handed over to their parents during the period.

According to District Officer CPWB, rescue teams of the bureau along with police visit several city areas including Faizabad, Peerwadhai, Murree road, Commercial Market, Sadder bazaar, Scheme three and other main areas.

He informed that the children under 15 years of age taken into custody from different city areas are presented in Child Protection Court for legal custody.

Family tracing unit of the bureau makes efforts to find out the parents of such children and on provision of an affidavit that the children would not be made beggars again, handed over to them.

He said the citizens should give information about such children on child protection help line 1121.

He further informed that a large number of such children were handed over to their parents during the period while hundreds of children are present in the CPWB center under legal custody who are being provided all facilities there.