PAKISTAN: Child soldier numbers rising
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Human rights groups believe the number of child soldiers in Pakistan is rising. Rights activists meeting in Islamabad say poverty, a culture of weapons and a reliance on religious schools has led to an increase in child militants in the country.
Presenter: Steve Holland
Speakers: Miriam Bibi, from a town in Northwestern Frontier Province; Qazi Azmat, chairman of the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child; Yasser Solomon, Australian Islamic community leader; Dr Attiya Inayatullah, director of the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child
