Corporal punishment to be banned in Punjab

 

Corporal punishment to be banned in Punjab  

Corporal punishment in educational institutions across Punjab will be banned.

The decision has been made Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi during a meeting with the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai in Lahore.

The Chief Minister said a bill will be tabled in the provincial assembly to prohibit physical punishment in Punjab’s schools and seminaries.

During the meeting, Punjab Chief Minister and Malala Yousafzai discussed various plans and education projects in Pakistan that wou
ld be paid for by the Malala Fund. 

They also talked about how to improve education in the province, especially for girls.

Corporal punishment criminalized in Sindh

Sindh government has already criminalized corporal punishment, mental torture, and abuse of children at schools, madrasas, and workplaces under the Sindh Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Act 2016.

Notified on Monday by the Provincial Education and Literacy Department, the new rules of the Act prohibit every kind of physical and mental violence against children.