Missing Children In KPK

Group Members
Faizan Ahmad Tariq (102)
Owais Akhtar (68)
Muhammad Usman (53)
Aftab Israr (103)
Imran Ali (92)

Date 25-11-2014

Keywords:
CRC, NGO, NISMART, CPWC, PCPC

What basically its means?

The word missing children is used for a certain category of children who are
reported to the local police as missing.

Introduction:

Prior to 1988, little information was known about missing children in the USA.
May 25 as National Missing Children's Day.
The first reliable nationwide information on missing children, as a result of the
Missing Children's Assistance Act, was the 1988 survey of missing children
(published in 1990).
The first study is known as the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted,
Runaway, and Thrown away Children, or NISMART.
In 1999 estimation of missing children in US 1,682,900
What are the causes of missing Children?
Conditions in Pakistan

The KPK Police Missing Children Centre

Missing Children Centre On December 12, 2007 and shelter homes.

Drawbacks:
The center was established with no proper legal authority or administrative support from
the Central Police Office (CPO) which is the provincial police headquarters. All such
initiatives need necessary legal and administrative cover from the higher police authorities.
b. No proper standing order was issued by the police department which could have
identified the role and responsibilities of the staff/officials in the center, and so Terms of
Reference (TORs) were not determined at the very inception..
c. The pioneers of the center didn't design a proper record system for missing children, so
all information were entered into a self-styled registers which were maintained manually.
No senior officer ever checked and reported upon such record.
d. No extra funds were allocated to the Centre. Unfortunately, the Centre was not given a
separate telephone connection. Also, the Centre was not provided a police vehicle of its
own. The Centre depended on the local police station for communication facilities, which
was a burden on its limited resources and the only telephone line in the police station.

Daily Dairy, called Roznamcha

PCWPC by the KPK Police in 2009

December, 2007 to September 2009, a total of 1700 missing children

were reported to the Centre, whereby 1349 children were shown as
recovered and reintegrated with their families (79.35% recovery). Due
to the initial drawbacks, many vital information indicators were
missing and the record of only -1238 children were put into the newly
designed data-base system.

Key Findings from the Available Data

200
488

540

2007

2009

2008

Figure I: Details of Missing Children. (2007Sept.2009)

600

494

483

500

400

300

318

302

Male
Female

200

181

Over All

176

100

1
Same day 483 (49.30%)

During a week 494 (50.40%)

More than a week

0
1 (0.10%)

Figure II. Duration of Missing Children

Recovery

Table I. Details of Missing Children & Recovery

Age
Group

1-5

6-10

6-15

6-18

Total

Missing (1238)
M
327
(26.413%
)
227
(18.336%
)
289
(23.344%
)
175
(14.135%
)
1018
(82.228%
)

Recovered (978)
M

83
239
(6.704%) (24.437%
)
87
302
(7.027%) (30.879%
)
33
197
(2.665%) (20.143%
)
17
96
(1.373%) (9.815%)

Un-recovered
(978)
M
F

43
58
26
(4.396%) (22.307%
(10%)
)
42
63
23
(4.294%) (24.23%) (8.846%)
45
40
18
(4.601%) (15.384% (6.923%)
)
14
23
9
(1.431%) (8.846%) (3.461%)

220
834
144
63
76
(17.769% (85.274% (14.722% (24.230% (29.23%)
)
)
)
)

Table II. Details of Missing Children & Recovery

Total

NGOs

Police

Parent/guardians

134
(13.701%)

12
(1.226%)

380
(38.854%)

77
(7.873%)

58
(22.307%)

26
(10%)

146
(14.927%)

457
(46.727%)

375
(38.342%)

From 01 May 2011 to 13 Nov 2014

District-wise Statistical Report ofMissing Children Cases

From01 May 2011to13 Nov 2014

Mardan Peshawar Charsadda

Grand Total

Male
Female
Transgender

23
4
0

65
14
0

5
0
0

93
18
0

Total

27

79

111

District-wise Statistical Report ofMissing Children Cases

From01 May 2011to13 Nov 2014

Age

Mardan Peshawar Charsadda

Grand Total

1-Jun
7-Dec
13-18
Age not recorded

3
10
14
0

15
39
25
0

1
1
3
0

19
50
42
0

Total

27

79

111

District-wise Statistical Report ofMissing Children Re-unified Cases

From01 May 2011to13 Nov 2014

Total

Mardan Peshawar Charsadda

21

59

Grand Total

83

Legal Aspects of Missing Children Issue

Before 2009- (FIR)
Establishment of child protection act 2010

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 2010

According to child protection act of 2010 the under mentioned crimes are cognizable
offences
According to the law any type of physical punishment is prohibited and in case of any
violation six months imprisonment along with penalty of PRs: 50000 will be charge.
Fraudulently involving a child in such jobs which are against his physical mental
psychological societal welfare is cognizable offence its punishment is three years
imprisonment or penalty of PRs: 100000 or both of them.
Trade of different organ of child is against the law and such criminals maybe hanged
or life imprisonment with PRs: 1000000 penalty.
Forcefully making a child beggar is a crime and punishment for such offence is three
years imprisonment along with PRs: 50000 penalty.
Punishment for child trafficking is the life imprisonment with minimum duration of
14 years along with 5-10 lac penalty.

Safety rules for children incase of prevention of being

Missing in sense of kidnaping & Abduction:
1.

Stay away from strangers is a popular phrase used when discussing safety with
children.

2.

Know where your children are and who they are interacting with.

3.

Do not allow your child to solicit (door-to-door) alone, even for school related fundraisers.

4.

Teach your child basic escape techniques.

5.

Babysitters should be instructed too incase.

6.

Parents must be aware of children visits to friends.

Conclusion
After all it was a great step taken by the government of Pakistan it was too late but Better late
than never. In the child protection act 2010 there are many important provisions for the child
protection under which the reported cases can be easily dealt/discussed in the child protection
court available in every district of the province under the supervision of Peshawar high court
(PHC).
Unfortunately there are some factors influencing the objectives of child protection act negatively.
Society, law enforcement agencies, political interference, corruption are some main factors
among them so it is the very need of time to take certain remedial steps in order to pursue the
child protection act properly.
Society always play a key role in uplift of the environment so citizens must be educated in this
respect. Besides teachers must educate the children of such issues. Similarly the law enforcement
agencies for instance the police should always be objective in this respect.
Moreover the political interference provide shelter to such criminals who commit crimes in this
respect, which is indeed unfair to whole society and the law is unable to punish the criminals
resultantly so the government must encounter such gaps, flaws and laws violation and properly
facilitate the child protection act 2010.

References:
Tahir M.Khan: Assistant Chief(CP) A&C,KP child protection and welfare commission(SE & WE
department), Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Contact 0301-8887770, 0919218643,
2601060,Fax 091-5702843.
Shahid Rehman: Data Base officer.child protection and welfare commission KPK.
M.Usman: social worker, child protection unit (CPU), Faqir Abad,Peshawar, KPK. Contact 03009008667,091-5244411.
Sadaf: psychologist, child protection unit (CPU).
Fagin. A, James (2007): Criminal Justice, Second Edition, Pearson Education, Inc.
NJ, USA.
Frank, Schmalleger (2007): Criminal Justice Toelay, Ninth Edition, Pearson
Prentice Hall, NJ, USA.
Convention on the Rights of the Children (CRC), United Nations.
Official Record of the KPK Police Child Protection Centre (PCPC), KPK,
Peshawar.
Draft National Child Protection Policy, as of March 2009, drafted by National
Commission for Child Welfare & Development, Ministry of Social Welfare.
Special Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
Draft Bill of National Commission on the Rights of Children.