Court orders sweeping reforms in orphanages

Court orders sweeping reforms in orphanages

The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has disposed of a writ petition challenging the election of the Governing Body of Idara Tadreesul Quran orphanage Abbottabad, while issuing an extensive set of binding directives aimed at strengthening oversight, transparency and child welfare standards in orphanages across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. A division bench comprising Justice Sadiq Ali and Justice Syed Muddasir Ameer heard the petition filed by …

Court orders major reforms in orphanages

The Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad bench has delivered an important judgment that could bring positive change to the way orphanages are managed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The case began with a dispute over the election of a chairman at an orphanage called Idara Tadreesul Quran in Abbottabad. However, instead of limiting its decision to this one issue, the court used the opportunity to order wide-ranging reforms for orphanages across the province. …