A few days ago, 17-year-old Sireen Khan, from Lahore, along with her mother Sabah Farooq, submitted a petition in the Lahore High Court through Barrister Ahmed Pansota, which is against bullying of children in educational institutions. Bleeding and Harassment It was related to the events of
Lahore High Court While hearing the case on Monday, the Provincial Secretary of the School Education Department has directed to form a committee to control the incidents of bullying, cyber-bullying and harassment of children in educational institutions.
Petitioner Sireen Khan told Independent Urdu: ‘I consider myself a child and animal rights activist because I have always spoken up for those who I feel are vulnerable and need protection.’
Serene said: ‘I think schools should be free from bullying and harassment. I myself School I am also head of the Law Society, so I have always been about protecting fundamental rights and I think the right of children to education and dignity is a fundamental right and cyber or physical bullying is a violation of that right.’
Sireen Khan’s mother is a lawyer herself and is also her counsel in the case. Speaking to Independent Urdu, Sireen’s mother Sabah Farooq said that she had long objected to the fact that schools do not have a formal policy against bullying while other countries have such policies.
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“Since my daughters studied in schools, whenever I spoke to the school management about bullying, they told me that they don’t have such a system. If there is a complaint, we look into it, so there was no formal procedure.’
Sabah said that since she is a lawyer and can file a public interest petition, she along with her daughter filed the petition in the court.
‘I got my daughter involved because she works for children’s and animal rights and we wanted the court and everyone to know that a child has applied and children feel that bullying It is an issue that should be legislated.’
He said: ‘I wrote in my petition that 50 percent of the cases of children who come to the psychiatric ward of Aga Khan are children who are victims of bullying.’
Sabah said that as a lawyer I felt it was my responsibility to do something for him.
‘As a mother, all I could do was go and talk to the school children or other mothers, but as a lawyer I could take the issue to court and ask for a law to be made, which Be it at the provincial level as well as at the federal level.’
In his opinion, when the law is made, first of all, it will be the responsibility of educational institutions to educate children and parents about bullying. “Similarly, parents will also know that if their child is a victim of bullying, there are laws in this regard and they can take action.”
Sirin’s lawyer, Barrister Ahmed Pinsota, told Independent Urdu: ‘We have made the federal and provincial government, School Education and Child Protection and Welfare Bureau parties parties to this petition and requested the court that the federal and provincial government should issue instructions to make a law against bullying in schools.’
He said that in the hearing on Monday, Special Secretary Education appeared in the court and told that there is a law which can be amended and he supports the stand of the petitioner.
According to Ahmed Pinsota: ‘In the spirit of the statement of the Special Secretary, the judge directed to form a committee which will be formed by the Secretary Education. On behalf of the petitioner, myself, Advocate Ramla Altaf Baig, Barrister Sahar Bandial and others have been included in this committee.
He said that the court has directed the committee to appear before the court again on November 21 with suggestions.
Barrister Ahmed Pinsota said that bullying in schools is not mentioned in the current laws.
“Punjab Free and Compulsory Education Act 2014, there is a separate law for private schools, there are other laws but they mention physical violence and harassment but none of them use the word bullying.” I hope it will become part of formal law after the committee meets.’
Barrister Ahmad Pinsota said: ‘There are different types of bullying. Our society has not yet moved beyond what someone’s color is, what someone’s body is like, or what someone’s height is, and children are often bullied on such things.
“We have said in our petition that Article 4 of the Constitution of Pakistan protects the dignity of a person and it includes adults and children. Article nine states that everyone has the right to live in a good and beautiful society. Article 14 states that no person’s self-respect or dignity shall be compromised. Article 25 speaks of free education, Article 35 specifically states that the state shall protect children and women.
He said, “Also, we have mentioned international laws in the petition and said that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989, we are signatories to it and it is our duty to follow it.” Its Article 19 says that children should be protected from all forms of violence, including bullying, but unfortunately we are not implementing it properly.’
Children hand out file papers at a school in Swat on March 29, 2018 (AFP/Abdul Majeed).
He said that Article 20 of the same charter talks about providing children with a safe environment for education. Similarly, article four of the UNCRC also says that bullying should be stopped, but we haven’t been able to do anything like that yet.
Citing examples of other countries, he said that the Philippines, Canada, South Africa have their own laws against bullying.
According to Ahmed Pinsota: ‘We have a child protection act, it should also talk about bullying. The most important thing is that there is a Child Protection Policy which has been approved by the Cabinet but not yet notified. It is clearly written in this policy that laws against bullying of children will be made or discussed but it is not being implemented but on Monday the judge has also asked for its implementation.
On Monday, Justice Jawad Hassan, Special Secretary of School Education Department Muhammad Iqbal appeared in the court during the hearing on the public interest petition filed by Sireen Khan and his mother Sabah Farooq.
He told the court that the government is already taking steps under the Punjab Free and Compulsory Education Act 2014 and the Punjab Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance 1984 to prevent bullying in schools.
Assistant Advocate General Usman Khan told the court that the relevant authority has made some suggestions to prevent bullying, but the court can expand the relevant provisions of the law to strengthen the concept of safe learning environment in all schools.
The learned judge held that the School Education Secretary is the official head of all educational institutions in the province and has full authority to legislate, formulate policies and propose plans in various fields related to education, as defined under the rules. is
He summoned the chairperson of Punjab Child Protection Bureau Lahore on the next date and said that the court should be informed whether the child protection policy is sufficient for bullying and harassment in schools.
Justice Jawad Hasan also ordered the provincial secretary to form a committee, which will make efforts to curb physical/cyber bullying and harassment of school going children through educational institutions and their online forums.
This committee will consist of experts in the relevant fields including the applicant and his lawyer.
After that, the hearing of the case was adjourned till November 21.
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ان کے خلاصے میں کہا گیا ہے کہ لاہور ہائی کورٹ میں ایک کیس کی سماعت کے دوران، صوبائی سکول ایجوکیشن ڈیپارٹمنٹ کے سیکرٹری نے تعلیمی اداروں میں بچوں کے ساتھ ہونے والے بدمعاشی، سائبر بدمعاشی اور ہراسانی کے واقعات پر قابو پانے کے لئے ایک کمیٹی تشکیل دینے کی ہدایت دی ہے۔
مدعیہ سرین خان کا کہنا ہے کہ وہ خود کو بچوں اور جانوروں کے حقوق کی حامی سمجھتی ہیں اور ان کا ماننا ہے کہ سکولوں کو بدمعاشی اور ہراسانی سے آزاد ہونا چاہیے۔ ان کی والدہ، Sabah Farooq، جو خود بھی ایک وکیل ہیں، نے بتایا کہ وہ کافی عرصے سے اس بات پر اعتراض کرتی آئی ہیں کہ سکولوں میں بدمعاشی کے خلاف کوئی باقاعدہ پالیسی نہیں ہے۔
انہوں نے عدالت میں یہ بھی کہا کہ وہ مقدمہ دائر کرنے کی ضرورت محسوس کرتی تھیں کیونکہ وہ ایک وکیل ہونے کے ناطے اس مسئلے کو قانونی حیثیت دلانا چاہتی تھیں۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ بچے اکثر نفسیاتی مسائل کا شکار ہوتے ہیں، جن کی بنیادی وجہ بدمعاشی ہوتی ہے۔
علاوہ ازیں، سرین خان کے وکیل، بارنسٹر احمد پنسوٹا نے کہا کہ انہوں نے وفاقی اور صوبائی حکومتوں کو اس درخواست کا فریق بنایا ہے اور درخواست کی ہے کہ سکولوں میں بدمعاشی کے خلاف قانون بنایا جائے۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ عدالت نے کمیٹی بنانے کی ہدایت دی ہے تاکہ وہ 21 نومبر کو عدالت میں تجاویز پیش کرے۔
مزید برآں، بارنسٹر پنسوٹا نے یہ بھی واضح کیا کہ موجودہ قوانین میں بدمعاشی کا ذکر نہیں ہے اور انحواطی قوانین میں موجود نکات کو درست کرنے کی ضرورت ہے۔ انہوں نے بین الاقوامی قوانین کا بھی ذکر کیا، خاص طور پر بچوں کے حقوق کی کنونشن کا جو پاکستان کے دستخط کردہ معاہدہ ہے اور جس میں بدمعاشی کے خلاف تحفظ کی بات کی گئی ہے۔
عدالت میں اس کیس کی سماعت کے دوران، خصوصی سکریٹری ایجوکیشن نے یقین دہانی کروائی کہ حکومت پہلے ہی اس مسئلے پر اقدامات کر رہی ہے، اور امید افزا اقدامات لیئے جا رہے ہیں تاکہ بچوں کو محفوظ تعلیمی ماحول فراہم کیا جا سکے۔
