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• MINUTE MIRROR IMPACT: What Millions in NGOs Couldn’t Achieve in Years, A Single Minute Mirror Report Achieved in 2 Days From Investigation to National Policy in 72 Hours – This is Qalam Ki Hurmat, This is Sach Ki Taqat ISLAMABAD : In a rare example of journalism creating direct national policy impact, Pakistan launched its First National Strategy to End Violence Against Children 2026-2031 on 15 October 2026, just two days after Minute Mirror’s exclusive investigative report exposed the scale of online child abuse.
• 12 OCTOBER 2026 – THE INVESTIGATION THAT TRIGGERED ACTION: After two months of investigation, Daily Minute Mirror published its exclusive report: “Safe Scroll, Unsafe Reality: 1.5 Million Children Abused Online in One Year, Justice Reaches Less Than 1%” By Asad Kharal – Founding Chairman CIJ Global | Editor Investigations, Daily Minute Mirror | 30 Years of Investigative Journalism Based on the Disrupting Harm in Pakistan study (3 September 2026) by UNICEF Innocenti, ECPAT, INTERPOL, funded by a global child safety fund, and cross-verified with police data, Senate records, court data and NCCIA infrastructure: – 1.5 Million Children (12-17) – 1 in 16 internet-using children – experienced technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse in one year.
• UNICEF Representative: “We must shift from asking children to avoid risks to building stronger systems that prevent abuse and hold platforms accountable.” 15 OCTOBER 2026 – GOVERNMENT ACTION WITHIN 2 DAYS: 72 hours after Minute Mirror’s investigation, Ministry of Human Rights launched National Strategy to End Violence Against Children 2026-2031, formally notifying 1121 as National Safe Scroll Helpline and initiating process to notify child online safety as priority public interest under PEMRA Section 20(e).

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MINUTE MIRROR IMPACT: What Millions in NGOs Couldn’t Achieve in Years, A Single Minute Mirror Report Achieved in 2 Days

From Investigation to National Policy in 72 Hours – This is Qalam Ki Hurmat, This is Sach Ki Taqat

ISLAMABAD : In a rare example of journalism creating direct national policy impact, Pakistan launched its First National Strategy to End Violence Against Children 2026-2031 on 15 October 2026, just two days after Minute Mirror’s exclusive investigative report exposed the scale of online child abuse.

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12 OCTOBER 2026 – THE INVESTIGATION THAT TRIGGERED ACTION:

After two months of investigation, Daily Minute Mirror published its exclusive report: