Child protection: Runaways apprehensive about reunions complexities of social, legal, emotional and psychological issues of children is difficult.

LAHORE: “I ran away because my father used to beat me. I miss my parents and am happy that I’m going home, but I’m also scared… I don’t know if my father will be angry and hit me again… I’ll find out once I get home,” Adil, 12, one of the 50 missing children sent back to their families by Edhi Foundation last month,

He spoke about the conundrum he faced in preparing to go back to his home in Lahore after living at an Edhi home in Karachi for six years. He said that he ran

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