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Implementation of child labour laws urged
Collective effort by govt, civil society needed to protect children against child labour
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Poverty and parental neglect
No amount of poverty should excuse parent who forces child who should be in primary school to work
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Proposed legislation targets child labour
Proposed bill takes bold stance, criminalising child domestic labour as nonbailable offence
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Children at work
Survey for K-P in 2022-23 reveals that 922,314 children are engaged in work constituting 11.1% of population
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K-P unveils shocking child labour data
11.1 percent of children in province are engaged in labor
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Child labour on the rise as employers defy law
Department fails to penalise violators
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Statistics paint alarming child labour picture
More than 700,000 children between the ages of 10 and 14 subjected to labour in brick kilns, agri sector
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Seven booked over child labour
Children in Madina Town were compelled to pick up garbage by their parents for money
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Forced child labour continues unabated
More than 24,000 children are involved in forced labor
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Agriculture sector thrives on child labour
Adolescents working in the fields are deprived of educational opportunities, psychosocial development
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Crackdown on employing underage maids likely
Search operation will be carried out at spiritual leaders’ residences
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Court sends judge’s wife on judicial remand in housemaid torture case
Judge refuses police request for physical remand; accused alleges being subjected to mental abuse by authorities
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Judge's wife accused of torturing minor maid granted interim bail
Defendant maintains innocence while teenage girl battles for life
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Consultation held on child labour act
Participants after thorough deliberation suggested various points to further improve the Act
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Pakistan urged to take steps to eliminate child labour
ILO official calls for involving stakeholders to do away with forced labour
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Developed countries biggest users of child labour in supply chains: expert
'There are more than 300m working children around world despite children's rights,' says Fernando Morales-de la Cruz
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Minor home worker killed, brother injured
Victims were tortured for ‘eating things from the refrigerator’
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15,000 child workers toil in Balochistan
They are employed in construction, coal mines and automobile workshops
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Over 6m Sindh children engaged in child labour
Peasant activists say 700,000 children toiling as bonded labourers
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President calls for enforcing child labour laws
Dr Alvi says Pakistan committed to prevention of child labour
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Expert warns about rising tide of child labour across globe
Around half of the 160 million child labourers, aged 5-17, are employed in hazardous work
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‘Child labour graph went up during the pandemic’
Lockdowns and closure of businesses forced children to take jobs to meet household expenses
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Nobel laureate calls for global fund to end menace of child labour
Coronavirus pandemic stalled progress to eliminate child labour by 2025, says India's Kailash Satyarthi
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Four relevant questions Pakistani dramas raised in 2021
In the midst of abusive marriages and problematic idols, some dramas owe praise for their substance
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Youth turns out to be killer of minor maid
Suspect claims she ‘accidentally’ pushed girl down the stairs, which led to her death
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Together we can eliminate child labour
Together we can eliminate child labour
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Child labourer allegedly beaten to death by kiln contractor
Boy was thrashed for making less bricks; body hidden for burial
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‘Pay minimum wage to rural workers’
Hari Welfare Association reiterated call for payment of minimum wage to workers in rural areas
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Sindh to update its child labour figures
Survey will be conducted in collaboration with UNICEF
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'Free education vital to end child labour'
First Lady says every kid has right to live his childhood to the fullest
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Child labour elimination from Pakistan's textile sector stressed
Official says concerted efforts needed to eradicate child labour from unorganised sector
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10 booked for employing child labour
Labour Welfare Dept warns employers to stop hiring children below 15 years of age
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Child domestic labour banned in Islamabad
Provinces can adopt similar resolutions, says Dr Shireen Mazari
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Senate panel questions ministry on child domestic labour bill
Also approves Sherry Rehman’s private member’s bill on Torture and Custodial Death Bill 2020
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Child beaten for freeing parrots died due to severe beating
Autopsy report paints a grim picture as police await DNA, polygraph reports in Zahra murder case
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Probe into Zohra Shah's murder stalls
Officials say they have yet to receive autopsy, DNA reports in minor's murder case
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‘Society downplays seriousness of domestic child labour’
Activists call for improved laws, budget allocations to curb child labour
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Govt urged to ban child domestic labour
Civil society asks govt to survey as to why children resort to domestic labour
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Nadia Jamil speaks out against the murder of Zohra Shah
The 'Damsa' actor questioned PM Imran Khan and his promise of child protection
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Murdered minor torture was filmed by employers
Police retrieve gruesome videos from cellphones of suspects in Zohra's murder case
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Minor housemaid rescued from violent employer in Islamabad
Police have arrested Azhar Abid while they have registered a case against his wife
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PML-N lawmaker seeks death penalty for child abuse
Resolution calls for completion of case proceedings within 60 days
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We cannot have another case like Zohra Shah: Osman Khalid Butt
The actor shared a detailed thread to explain what child labour laws are and how we should be educated about them
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Minor beaten to death for setting parrot free
Rawalpindi police arrest employer of domestic worker
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Domestic child workers left at exploiters’ mercy
Parents receive only half of salaries from employers
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At risk of Covid-19: Minors traverse Rawalpindi selling masks
Sale of face-covers becomes source of income for the impoverished in the city
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Carving a life beyond panhandling
While Mukesh may have escaped begging and settled for an honest living, his heart longs for education and schooling
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Child labour
Ten million children forced to work is a figure enough to jolt the conscience of those at the helm
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Lawmakers pass resolution against child labour
Decide to take up gas pressure issue on Nov 21
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Made with child labour? Major chocolate companies flunk scorecard
Most of the world's cocoa is grown by poor family farmers and an estimated 1.6 million children work in the industry













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