RAWALPINDI: Police have handed four abandoned children to the Child Protection Bureau after they were found begging in the streets in Commercial Market and other areas of Satellite Town.

According to police spokesman, the children were identified as Waqas, Luqman, Sajawal and Zaheer.

He further said five transgender persons who came to the protection centre were also provided assistance in getting medical tests and treatment.

They were identified as Chand, Rashi, Sheela, Saima and Kiran who were handed over to the NGO, Dareecha.

An agreement has been signed between Tahafuz Centre and Dareecha, under which treatment and other facilities would be extended to transgender persons and abandoned children, the spokesman said.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2023