Schoolchildren hold anti-tobacco rally
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), Human Development Foundation and Pakistan National Heart Association held a rally to create public awareness of `children being the soft targets of tobacco industry` at D-Chowk near Parliament House here. The students of various schools, social activists, civil society members, and journalists participated in the event holding banners, posters, and placards inscribed with slogans. Addressing protesters, Executive Director of SPARC Sajjad Ahmad Cheema said the purpose of organising the rally was to create awareness among children as soft targets of the tobacco industry. He added that the sale of cigarettes to minors...