QUETTA: Police and authorities concerned failed to trace the location of three girls who escaped from a Darul Aman in the city despite the passage of 48 hours. Meanwhile, police have arrested the female warden of the facility run by the Social Welfare Department (SWD).

An FIR for the incident has been registered with Brewery Police Station.

The three girls, hailing from Quetta, Duki and Loralai, escaped by jumping from the walls of the facility two days ago.

They had been staying in the SWD Darul Aman for the last month and were sent to the safe house by the judicial magistrates as police had taken them into custody for their involvement in different cases.

Parliamentary Secretary on Information and Social Welfare Bushra Rind took notice of the incident and set up a departmental special committee, led by Secretary SWD, to look into the causes of the incident, violation of the operating system and negligence of the concerned authorities of the Darul Aman.

“The committee would submit its report within three days, determining the officials responsible for the incident and their involvement,” Ms Rind said, adding that in the light of the committee’s report, strict action would be taken against those who were found involved in the escape of girls.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2022