Unending child labour

Author: Daily Times

Sir: I am writing to your good-self to express my deep anguish over the unrelenting problem of child labour in our country. I feel a little attention of yours towards the problem will be enough to initiate new campaign in eradicating the problem.

The problem of child labour is quite widespread across Pakistan. Inspite of the many anti-child labour laws, the problem continues to spoil the lives of thousands of children. The adverse effects of this problem affect the growth, development, and progress of our nation.

Not only millions of underage children are forced to work in factories, shops, glass-blowing industry, workshops, etc, they are paid the minimum of wages. According to Census data, there are over 82 lakh child labourers (aged between 5-14 years) in Pakistan. Our country needs more and more skilled manpower to achieve the objectives of growth, development and advancement. What a shame, millions of children are working menial jobs, without education. I appeal to the higher authorities in Pakistan to take some proactive and stringent measures to stop this problem of child labour and must ensure education for them. Undoubtedly there are many laws against child labour, however their poor implementation is responsible for the continuation of the problem.

MUHAMMAD TALHA

Karachi

Published in Daily Times, March 24th 2019.

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