Friday, 8 June 2012

Corporal punishment: Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) says five students committed suicide in KP in 5 months

PESHAWAR: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) on Friday revealed that five students had committed suicide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to corporal punishment over the last five months.

 

In a statement, SPARC Programme Manager Imran Takkar said that two children committed suicide in Timergara in Lower Dir district, two in Charsadda and one in Nowshera.Imran Takkar said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had banned corporal punishment at government and private

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