No information on the state resources available for the care of children whose parents are unable to look after them could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

IRB databases

Oral sources:

Unsuccessful attempts to contact the National Commission for Child Welfare and Development

Unsuccessful attempts to contact the Islamabad UNICEF office

Unsuccessful attempts to contact the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child

Internet sources:

BBC

Child Rights Information Network

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Dawn

The Nation

National Commission for Child Welfare and Development

The News International

Pakistan News Service

Save the Children

The State of the World's Children

UNICEF

World News Connection

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