Karachi (Pakistan): Approximately 3090 children were reported missing to about 100 police stations in 18 towns of Karachi city during past one year, from January-to-December 2010. On average, about two-and-half cases had been reported to each police station every month over the course of past year. These include both boys and girls. Out of the total missing 80 % (2472) were boys and 20 % (618) were girls. Out of these a large portion 78% of the children belonged to the age group of 12 and 18, while remaining 22% associated to the age group below 12 years. About 34% of missing children were studying in both formal schools and Madrassas, 30% were only the students of Madrassas while remaining 26% children were the drop out of a school or Madrassa." The biggest reason behind this form of missing children is the lack of awareness of parents as to how to deal with young and in particular disabled children. There is often either the deliberate shunning of a mentally disabled child, or as is sometimes the case due to a lack of resources, a full time career can not be appointed to look after the child and to make sure that he or she does not get themselves into trouble. A child may also be lost due to the size of the family. This happens when the parents can not keep a track of the whereabouts of all their children all of the time. Therefore, if the child wanders out of the house unattended, it is not unlikely that it takes some time before the family realizes that the child is ...