Child Labor In PakistanBy:

Amber MemonUmar Mazari

Hunain Shahzad

What is Child Labor?Child Labor is work for children that harms them or exploits

them in some way e.g.

Physically

Mentally

Morally or Blocking access to Education

Introduction Today Pakistan is facing a lot of social problems but some are very common in

Pakistan, which are destroying our society and also economy of Pakistan.

Child labor is a global issue.

Child labor is one of the most common problems in Asia and also in Pakistan

Pakistan is a very poor country in south Asia.

People of Pakistan are hardworking but due to corruption and wrong policies

it has to face a lot of problems from the day it came into being to the present

day.

Among all the problems Pakistan facing child labor most serious.

Child Labor in Pakistan

In Pakistan children aged 5-14 are above 40 million. During the last year, the Federal

Bureau of Statistics released the results of its survey. The findings were that 3.8 million

children age group of 5-14 years are working in Pakistan out of total 40 million

children in this age group.

Fifty percent of these economically active children are in age group of 5 to 9 years.

Even out of these 3.8 million economically active children, 2.7 million were claimed to

be working in the agriculture sector. 73% of them were said to be boys.

Causes

Low Income

Low Education

ChildLabor

Where Does Most Child Labor Occur?

Child labor occurs everywhere in the world. But it most occurs in Asia. And child labor can be found in nearly every industry, such as:

- Agriculture- Manufacturing- Mining & Blasting- Domestic Services- Hotels & Restaurants

Causes of Child Labor

Over Population

Illiteracy

Poverty

Urbanization

Orphans

Willingness to Exploit Children

Unemployment of Elders

Problems

30% 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 Labourers' or workers in order to

survive.

Our people are not aware of the importance of education. Class-based

education system is another reason for increasing child Labour as a result,

child Labour is increase in rural areas.

The government has not put its laws into practice to stop child Labour in

our country that’s why child labour is increasing day by day.

liminate Poverty

ncourage Education

nforce Labor Laws

bolish Child Trafficking

romote Fair Trade

eplace Working Children with Working Adults