CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

GROUP MEMBERS
SYEDA NOOR ZAHRA SYEDA ZIL-E-HUMA ZAIDI SIDRA ABID RUMESA ABRAR MUHAMMAD SOHAIL SARFRAZ NAWAZ

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR SITUATION IN PAKISTAN CAUSES GOVT.LAWS AND POLICIES SOLUTIONS CONCLUSION CASES IN BZU

SYEDA NOOR ZAHRA BE-10-10

INTRODUCTION
Children are flowers of heaven Most beautiful and purest creation of God Every day when children wearing different kinds of clothes begin to go to school, we feel a specific kind of joy through their innocence

 BUT, there are also other children those who cannot go to school Forced to kill their aspirations, dreams and other wishes Pressed to earn living for themselves and their families These are also part of our society and these are called child labour.

What is child labour?

The International labour organization (IOL) defines child labour as: When a child is working during early age he over works or gives over time to labour he works due to psychologically, socially and materialistic pressure he become ready to labour on a very low pay

ACCORDING TO UNICEF:
It defines Child as anyone below the age of 18, and child labour as some type of work performed by children below age 18.

SIDRA ABID BE-10-43

SITUATION OF CHILD LABOUR IN PAKIS TAN

A survey funded by ILOs IPEC In Pakistan children aged 5-14 are above 40 million 3.8 million children are age group of 514 years are working in country 50% out of these are in age group of 5 to 9 years 2.7million were claimed to be working in the agriculture sector

Occupation and categories of child labour

Carpet industry Domestic labor Surgical tool industry Work inside underground mines Exposure to cement industry Glass and metal furnaces In cloth printing, dyeing and finishing section

Stone crushing Lifting and carrying heavy weights Manufacture fireworks explosives Exposure to coal dust Work inside sewer pipelines and storage tanks Leather tanning

SYEDA ZIL-E-HUMA ZAIDI BE-10-39

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR

Poverty
Lack of education Class based education No security of social life Debt

Particular skills in children Due to drug addicted parents Economic set backs Climate disasters Agricultural economies

 Cultural pressures Uneven distribution of wealth and resources High rate of growth Lack of opportunities Unemployment

RUMESA ABRAR BE-10-77

Laws and policies of government

Pakistani constitution prohibits slavery and participation of children under 14 in hazardous employment. Major National legislatives: The employment of children act The bonded labour system act The prevention and control of human trafficking ordinance.

FORMATION OF NPPA: Following coordinating bodies and agencies are involved in the implementation of NPPA. The federal ministry of labour The provincial labour manpower departments Workers and employers organizations and NGOs

The labor policy Poverty reduction strategy paper Education for all (EFA) NCCWD Baitulmall UNICEF SATH ASHIANA

SARFRAZ NAWAZ BE-10-12

CASE STUDY FROM BZU

Name: Shaukat Ali Father Name: Muhammad Riaz Age: 12 Working as waiter at Hostel since last year. Siblings:4 brothers & 2 sisters

 Name: Muhammad Muzamil Father s Name: Muhammad Yasin Age: 11 Student of 5th class Working at Canteen to help his father.

 Name: Fayaz Ahmed Father Name: Nazar Ahmed Age:10 Working in BZU since 2 years to support his family

MUHAMMAD SOHAIL BE-10-71

SOLUTIONS
Make education compulsory Education system must be improved Govt should forgave all debts Govt should pass a law against domestic lobour

 Decisions must be acted upon at all levels and strictly Awareness must be raised in parents Deserving children must be helped financially Political economical and social systems are needed to be reshaped It is our social responsibility to take steps against child labour