Pakistan passes ‘historic’ bill banning corporal punishment of children
by Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad from World news | The Guardian on (#5EP6D)
Ban on violence against children will only apply in Islamabad, but campaigners hope rest of the country will follow suit
Pakistan has passed a bill banning corporal punishment for children in a move described as historic" by rights activists.
It comes amid a number of high-profile cases of schoolchildren being badly beaten and even killed in schools, religious institutions and workplaces.
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