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The Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA) was established in the 1960s, bringing together over 3,400 pediatricians nationwide to enhance the health and well-being of children. PPA’s mission includes advancing pediatricians’ academic and social development and protecting children from abuse and neglect.

Among its various bodies, the Child Rights Group (CRG), founded in 1989 following the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, comprises around 200 pediatricians actively working to safeguard children from various forms of violence. Independent members of CRG established three provincial non-governmental organizations:

  • PAHCHAAN, based in Lahore in the province of Punjab, has worked for nearly two decades to support families through training, education, and economic stability.
  • Konpal Child Abuse Prevention Society, based in Karachi in the province of Sindh, is a voluntary organization committed to eradicating child abuse, particularly sexual exploitation and hazardous child labour.
  • Help Education Livelihood Promoters (HELP), based in Quetta in the province of Baluchistan, provides essential services such as clean water, healthcare, and education to underprivileged children and coal miners.
Pakistan Pediatric Association

Contact: Dr. Tufail Muhammad
Phone: +92 91 5814176
Address: House 16, Street 13, K-3, Phase 3, Hyatabad, Peshawar
Email: tufailm@brain.net.pk
Website: http://www.ppa.org.pk

Facts

According to the latest available estimates, there are 77,779,000 children in Pakistan, more than one third of the country’s population.

Reportedly, boys are particularly affected by trafficking and prostitution especially near accommodation and travel facilities.

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Age of Consent

Not Yet Assessed

Extraterritoriality & Extradition

Partial

Active extraterritoriality is provided for all crimes in general and extends to offences using ICT’s if the act affects a person, property, information system or data located in Pakistan. It is unclear whether double criminality applies to extraterritoriality.

Extradition only applies to some SEC-related offences (trafficking, rape, stealing/abandoning/exposing/unlawfully detaining a child) and requires double criminality.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020

CSAM Definition

Not Yet Assessed

Background Check Required

No

There are no mandatory legal provisions for criminal background checks nor legislation prohibiting convicted sex offenders to hold positions involving or facilitating contact with children.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020

National Commitments

Partial

Pakistan has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention no. 182.

Pakistan has not ratified the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020

Child Advocacy Centers

Not Yet Assessed

SEC Police Unit

Not Yet Assessed

Protection Standards Travel and Tourism

No

There are no child protection standards for the travel and tourism industry in place.
SECTT Legal Checklist Pakistan, 2020

Public SEC Case Data

Not Yet Assessed