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Child Labour In Pakistan

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1. Research topic
Child Labour still a big challenge

2. Introduction
Children and youth are the main future pillar to construct nation goals in real shape and thus their physical, behavioural and cognitive domains must be on top priority of Government and public policies. The Supreme Court of Pakistan and theologians makes a policy to overcome child labour issue. It is inopportune that successive governments have remained …show more content…

Child labour is illegal work that harms children future or keeps them from attending basic school education. Throughout the world and Pakistan, growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into illegal labour work. The International Labour Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative. Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Huge numbers of children work in commercial fishing, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as …show more content…

The solution to the problem lies in economic development and jobs for all. The Government and other organizations must do the needful step to bring about an end to poverty, illiteracy, narrow thinking, which will automatically end child labour.

3. Problem Statement
To study the causes and consequences of child labour in Pakistan focusing the children working in the domestic and field area.

4. Objective of the study
The main objectives of the study are;
 To examine the socio-economic condition of working children in Pakistan.
 To study the incidence of child labour in the study area.
 To study the effect of child labour on economical growth of the country.
 To list the factors responsible for child labour.
 To suggest measures to motivate children and their parents against child labour.
 To inform government organizations and NGO’s to develop better and informative policies, rules and regulations against child labour.

• Methodology

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