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Over 1.6 million children in Sindh, Pakistan aged between five and 17 years, are trapped in child labour, according to the ...
Survey submitted to provincial govt reveals over half of child labour victims aged 10-17 work in hazardous conditions.
Despite constitutional protections, child labour remains a pervasive and troubling issue in Pakistan. Article 11 of the Pakistani Constitution strictly prohibits forced labour, while Article 24 ...
Child labour in Pakistan is an issue of enormous scale and complexity. Estimates suggest that around 12 million children are engaged in child labour across the country.
Child labour is something that has spoiled numerous children’s lives. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, the rate of child labor is on peak as kids in early ages are sent to work. Causes behind this curse, ...
The agreement, named after the city in which it was signed, was the first multi-stakeholder initiative of its kind, bringing together the International Labour Organisation, the Pakistan business ...
Pakistan Child Labor NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Lahore on one of Pakistan's biggest problems, the pervasive use of child labor in various industries, including the most dangerous.
Tears tracing lines of dirt on his face, six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six days a week.
As highlighted by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on the Annual World Day against Child ...
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Pakistan also passed the Islamabad Domestic Workers Bill 2021 that was ratified into an act in 2022, outlawing child labor in domestic work completely. However, only the federally administered ...