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Pakistan and Saudi attorneys general urge child online protection cooperation at SCO meeting

At the 24th meeting of SCO prosecutors general, hosted by Russia, Pakistan's Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan and Saudi Arabia's Attorney General Khalid Al-Yousef called for stronger cooperation on protecting children online.

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Centre · 1Pakistan's Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan addressed the 24th Meeting of Prosecutors/Attorneys General of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Thursday 1 October, calling for practical regional cooperation to protect children from online exploitation, safeguard traditional family values and strengthen the accountability of digital platforms. Mixed · 2The meeting was convened by the Russian Federation and Russia's Prosecutor General's Office and focused on safeguarding traditional family values and preventing the spread of unlawful content among minors; Arab News places it in Kazan, Russia, with representatives from 20 countries. Centre · 1Awan outlined Pakistan's measures, including the National Commission on the Rights of Child Act, 2017, the National Child Rights Integrated Dashboard, which brings together federal and provincial data to monitor child-rights violations, and provisions of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 on online grooming, solicitation, cyber enticement and commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Centre · 1On platform accountability, he cited Pakistan's framework for securing electronic evidence and 2025 provisions on social media regulation and complaint mechanisms, and called for accessible reporting channels, prompt action against child sexual abuse material and preservation of evidence. Centre · 1He proposed three cooperation priorities: designated contact points for urgent referrals and evidence-preservation requests; joint training on digital evidence, interviewing child victims and mutual legal assistance requests; and research and expert meetings on platform responses, content filtering in educational institutions and children's data safeguards, with regular review. Right · 1Saudi Arabia was represented by Attorney General and Chairman of the Public Prosecution Council Khalid Al-Yousef, who said the Kingdom focuses on protecting families and youth under its Vision 2030 reform plan and described the Public Prosecution's specialised family affairs prosecutions against cybercrimes targeting minors.

Right · 1Al-Yousef called for stronger international cooperation and keeping pace with technological developments to address emerging criminal patterns targeting minors.

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Detailed account of Awan's speech, built around Pakistan's laws and a three-point cooperation proposal.
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Pakistani legislation, the child-rights dashboard, platform accountability and concrete proposals.
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Does not mention other delegations such as Saudi Arabia, or the number of countries attending.
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“calling for practical regional cooperation to safeguard traditional family values” — Geo News

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Short report, in Saudi Press Agency copy, of the Saudi attorney general's participation and call for international cooperation.
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Saudi Vision 2030, specialised family affairs prosecutions and the 20-country attendance.
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No mention of Pakistan's speech or specific cooperation mechanisms.
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“under the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan” — Arab News