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"Drugs menace at juvenile prison." Article about Nilofer Shahnawaz, by the late Maisoon Hussein, published in Dawn on 1st May, 1998.

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 "Drugs menace at juvenile prison."  Article about Nilofer Shahnawaz,  published in Dawn on 1st May, 1998 By the late Maisoon Hussein

"Corruption on the rise in reformatory school." Article about Nilofer Shahnawaz, by the late Maisoon Hussein, published in Dawn on 28th April, 2000.

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"Corruption on the rise in reformatory school"  Article about Nilofer Shahnawaz, published in Dawn on 28th April, 2000 by the late Maisoon Hussein,   

For Life, Peace and Justice- By Maisoon Hussein (2005)

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 For Life, Peace and Justice  By  Maisoon Hussein  Published by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) (2005) Maisoon Hussein wrote in “For Life, Peace and Justice,” published by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), that Nilofer Shahnawaz initiated “Wa’ada Ghar,” an anti-drug program for the rehabilitation of the children at the prison, and she and her husband Shahnawaz Tariq, retired justice of SHC, voluntarily gave up their Sunday mornings to conduct this program, and that the children confided in her like a mother. https://lib.sindh.org/kitaab/detail/for-life-peace-and-justice https://kitaab.sindh.org/For_Life_Peace_and_Justice-Maisoon_Hussein-2005-cs.pdf Nilofer Shahnawaz is mentioned on page number 43, 44, 45, 46, 60, 121, 122, 123 and 329 Please see: Chapter 7 "Rehabilitating juvenile prisoners", at page 43 Chapter 10 "Corruption can't reform", at page 59 Chapter 22 "Drug menace in juvenile prison", at...

Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan (1999)

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  Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan By  Vikram Parekh,  Human Rights Watch (1999) Vikram Parekh, in “Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan,” published by Human Rights Watch, writes that despite its limited resources, the juvenile court under Nilofer Shahnawaz appears to uphold international and domestic juvenile justice standards more effectively than most criminal courts in Pakistan. He further acknowledged that she ended the use of solitary confinement for the children, and provided them with vocational training. https://www.hrw.org/report/1999/11/01/prison-bound/denial-juvenile-justice-pakistan https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/pakistan2/ https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Prison_Bound/Ej3oZB3XypUC?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.hrw.org/reports/pakcr99o.pdf Mrs. Nilofar Shahnawaz is mentioned in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, and on page number 36, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 119, 138, 139 and 140,