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Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children to work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral and social harm. Child labour takes away the education from children. [ 1 ] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country , half of whom were under age ten.
SPARC was established as an advocacy group for children's rights. [1] Initially focused on promoting and protecting breastfeeding, it has expanded to child labour, juvenile justice, education and violence against children. [1] It has held "children's parliaments" [2] [3] and worked to end corporal punishment in Pakistani schools. [4] [5] [6]
Child labour in Pakistan is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, which causes them mental, physical, moral, and social harm. [27] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country, half of whom were under age ten. In 1996, the median age for a child entering the work ...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid a visit to SOS Children's Villages Pakistan, an organization that helps provide a loving home for over 150 children.
According to a report of Arab News, Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan took lead in coronavirus activities in Pakistan by effectively responding to the pandemic. [2] Alkhidmat set up the hospital in response to the deaths of hundreds of children in the Thar desert region in 2014, resulting from severe drought and malnutrition. With 60 beds, the ...
The Labor Department said Friday it found 102 children as young as 13 working hazardous overnight jobs cleaning slaughterhouses in eight states in what it called a “corporate-wide failure” by ...
Iqbal Masih (Punjabi: اقبال مسیح; 1 January 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995. On 23 March 2022 (Pakistan Day), he was posthumously awarded the Tamgha-e-Shujaat by the government of Pakistan. [1] [2]
A rescue operation is underway to save 12 miners who were trapped in a coal mine in Pakistan following a gas explosion.. Abdul Ghani, a mines inspector, said the explosion occurred on Thursday ...