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Child Labor in Pakistan
Child Labor in Pakistan
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INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………….…………… 3
STATISTICS 4
CAUSES 4
EFFECTS 5
LAW 5
CONCLUSION ………………………………….………………………………………………… 7
SUGGESTION …………………………………..………………………………………………… 7
Child labor is one of the most common problems in the world. Today Pakistan is
facing a lot of social problems like child labor, poverty, corruption, illiteracy, population
growth, terrorism etc which are destroying our society.
“Child Labor" purely accounts when child is forced to work under slavery, poverty,
parentless or social or parent's boycott.
Child Labor is dangerous and unhealthy work done by children ages 4-15 in order to
support their families and provide themselves with basic household needs. This intends to
be a common thing in developing countries.
STATISTICS
During the last year, the Federal Bureau of Statistics released the results of its
survey. The findings are given below:
CAUSES
Poverty: According to Federal Bureau of Statistics 33% of our
country’s total population is leading life below the
poverty-line, in which the people are deprived of basic
necessities of life like clothing, shelter, food, education
and medication, the children of these people will be
forced to become Laborers or workers in order to
survive.
Ignorance & Lack of Education: Mostly the people of Pakistan are uneducated and
don’t know the importance of education.
Law: The government has not put its laws into practice to
stop child labor in our country that’s why child labor is
increasing day by day.
Effects
Child labor deprives a child of a proper childhood. He suffers physical and mental
torture.
They become mentally and physically mature too fast which is a dangerous sign.
Ultimately this leads to child labor with each generation of poor children
undercutting wages.
In Pakistan, a "child" is defined as a person younger than fifteen. The legal minimum age for
employment is 14 for shops and commerce, industry, and work at sea, and 15 for mines and
on railways. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan prohibits slavery, forced
labor, the trafficking in human beings, and employment of children below the age of 14
years in any factory or mine or any hazardous employment.
CONCLUSION
The children are working as a labor in school going age for the survival of there
families and to full fill the basic necessities. People don’t know the importance of education.
That’s why most of children remain illiterate. It is not just responsibility of government we
are also responsible for that.
SUGGESTIONS
Awareness must be raised and parents should pay attention to the education of their
children.
Child Labor Laws should be strictly put into practice. If we want success then we
have to act upon these principles and then our country can easily get rid of this
problem.
We should to distribute the education free of cost, give flame to the candle of
education and distribute the light of knowledge among the people.
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