Hassan Shami Talha Qayyum Umer Ishfaq 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. Like Child Labour, Poverty, Illiteracy, Population growth, terrorism, smuggling, drug abuse etc. The topic which I have selected is Child Labour it is a global issue. Child Labour is one of the most common problems in Asia and also in Pakistan.
In undeveloped countries Is Still High International conventions defines children as age 18 and under is a child. "Child" and "childhood" are also defined differently by different cultures. A "child" is not necessarily delineated by a fixed age. In Pakistan, age under 16 years consider to be a child and in India it considers under 14 years. Child Labour is work of children that harms them or exploits them in some way e.g Physically Mentally Morally or blocking access to education United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) defines child as anyone below the age of 18, and Child Laabour as some type of work performed by children below 18 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 funded by ILOs, IPEC. The findings were that 3.8 million children age group of 5-14 years are 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 agriculture sector. 73% of them were said to be boys. Lack of education Uneducated Poverty leading life below the poverty line Ignorance dont know the importance of education. Backward areas class based system Population Increase in population Law failure in implementation
A large proportion of children whom the ILO classifies as child labourers work in agriculture. Work ranges from taking care of animals and planting, harvesting food, too many kinds of small manufacturing (e.g., bricks, cement, auto repairs and making of foot wears and textiles etc.) 60 32 7 1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Asia Africa America Europe & Others Child Labor Agricultural Labour 67% Selling 9% Manufacturing 11% Personal/ Social Services 8% Others 5%
Law of Child Labour IPEC (International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour) ILO (International Labour Organization) Other NGOs Nike has been accused of using child labour in the production of its soccer balls in Pakistan. While Pakistan has laws against child Labour. Freedom Walmart & big western giants. Violation of Laws Moral Rights
The children are working as a labour in school going age for the survival of their families and to fulfill the basic necessities. People dont know the importance of education. Thats why most of the children remain illiterate. It is not just responsibility of government we are also responsible for that. Awareness must be raised and parents should pay attention to the education of their children. Child Labour laws should be strictly put into practice. If we want success then we have to act upon these principles and then our country can can easily get rid of this problem. We have to distribute the education free of cost, give flame to the candle of education and distribute the light of knowledge among the people because our Holy Prophet (PBUH) also said that get knowledge and distribute among others