Battle for children’s minds begins at home
Experts at Hamdard Shura warn parents: extremists are reaching children through screens — trust, talk and watchfulness are the first line of defence KARACHI: They may look normal. They may go to school, eat with the family, and smile at dinner. But inside, a dangerous idea may already be taking root. That was the chilling warning at the Hamdard Shura Karachi meeting on Tuesday, where Pakistan’s top security and child experts told parents: extremist groups are now reaching your children not through streets, but through screens. The meeting, titled “Innocent Children and the Growing Threat of Cybercrime,” was presided over by Gen (r) Moinuddin Haider, former Sindh Governor also. Ms Sadia Rashid, President of Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Arsalan, Director, and Pakistan’s youngest data scientist, Amina Shahzad, also attended. “It begins at home” Former head of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Sindh Police, Raja Umar Khattab, was the chief guest. “Social med...