{"id":15272,"date":"2025-12-11T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/strengthening-victim-identification-punjab\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:44:59","slug":"strengthening-victim-identification-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/strengthening-victim-identification-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Victim Identification in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IOM Pakistan, with support from the <em>Government of Japan<\/em>, delivered two specialized trainings for FIA officers in Lahore and Gujranwala focused on Victim Identification, Screening and Referral. The sessions aimed to equip participants with practical approaches to identify and assist vulnerable individuals at risk of exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Shafqat Jamal Durrani<\/strong> (FIA) facilitated the trainings, which brought together FIA, police, civil society and academic representatives to strengthen coordination. Emphasis was placed on clear screening procedures, effective referral pathways and shared responsibilities among institutions to ensure timely protection for victims.<\/p>\n<p>By reinforcing Victim Identification skills and referral mechanisms, the initiative supports a more coordinated response to human trafficking and migrant smuggling in the region. Participants noted that improved inter-agency cooperation is essential to create safer pathways for people at risk and to enhance protection outcomes across Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>IOM Pakistan continues to work with FIA and local partners to promote sustainable screening and referral practices that prioritize the safety and rights of affected individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IOM Pakistan and FIA trained officers on Victim Identification in Lahore and Gujranwala to improve screening and referral against human trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}