Zainab Alert Bill, also called Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act 2019,[1] is a Government of Pakistan law that defines the system of one window operations to notify the public and recover kidnapped children in Pakistan.
The bill creates a new federal agency called ZARRA[2] who shall be responsible to reduce child kidnapping, improve recovery and increase awareness against sexual abuse of children across all provinces of Pakistan.
A major key feature of the Act is to establish a national database of missing and recovered children applicable across Pakistan and makes the ZARRA agency accountable to submit quarterly reports to the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Naeem Sadiq and Shimaila Matri Dawood of Kasur Hamara Hai (KHH), a citizen's advocacy group for child protection and welfare, drafted a new proposed bill which included the formation of a government agency, ZARRA, responsible for coordinating and establishing a nationwide alert and recovery process as well as a continuously updated national database of abducted and trafficked children, among other actions.
[citation needed] Zainab Alert Bill has been largely supported by human rights advocacy groups including a Facebook advocacy group called 'Kasur Hamara hai' (KHH), led by Shimaila Mitri Dawood.