Child protection officer appointed

ISLAMABAD, April 3: Muhammad Aftab has been appointed as a child protection officer Chitral. Aftab did his masters in sociology and economics from the University of Peshawar. He also recently completed his M.S/M.Phil from SZABIST Islamabad. Child Protection Unit: To provide care, protection, maintenance, welfare, training, education and reintegration of children at risk in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial assembly passed the Child Protection & Welfare Act in 2010. •Under the Act, a statutory body with the name of Child Protection & Welfare Commission has been established. Under the Child Protection and Welfare Commission, the child protection units are working at the district level currently in Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Abbottabad, Charsadda, Swat, Buner and Chitral. Nture of job Identification, receiving and registration of children at risk Assessing the needs of individual children and their family Planning and coordinating the provision of services to meet assessed needs of children at risk and their families Case management  ]]>