Child labor in taxilaBY:

HAMZA GULISTAN

FIZA RASHEED

Child labour

Socially accepted crime

Methodology

We adopted method of interview.

We interviewed different child’s who are working in the streets of taxila and ask them same questions.

Introduction

Today Pakistan is facing a lot of social problemsbut some are very common in Pakistan, whichare destroying our society and also economy ofPakistan.

Child labor is a global issue.

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

What is Child Labour?

Child Labour” is work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way e.g.

Physically

Mentally

morally or blocking access to education

. Government policies on child labor:

Following instruments of legislation deal exclusively with the subject of child labor.

· The Employment of Children Act 1991· The Employment of Children Rules 1995Other than these two, there are other laws as well which deal with the employment of children and regulate the working conditions for employed child workers.• Mines Act, 1923• The Children (Pledging of Labor) Act, 1933• The Factories Act, 1934• The Road Transport Workers Ordinance, 1961• Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969• Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

Child labor

Name: junaid

Age: 15 years

Working 17 hours a day.

Earn 3000 per month.

Work to support his family

after his father death.

Child labor

Name: Ali.

Age: 13 years.

Working 13 hours a day.

Earn 150 per day.

Work to support his family

because his father cant

work.

Forms of child labor:

There are many different type of job or profession that are adopted by child in Taxila. Few common type of jobs are:

Rag picking

Begging

Auto mechanic

Domestic service

• Ratio of child labor doing different jobs.

Rag picking

There are thousands of child’s that are involved in this business they collect waste materials form different places and sold it to get money from it.

Begging

There are two types of child beggars; one who is doing it as a profession and the other is child peddler who begs in order to survive.

Auto mechanic

In auto mechanic industry many of child’s work day and night to get some money for their survival and for their family. They work day and night to get few hundred rupees monthly. They received punishments.

Domestic service

Child domestic labor is one of the most pervasive forms of child labor in Pakistan. Thousands of children working as domestic servants are deprived of their basic rights to education and are often subjected to abuse and violence.

Ratio of child labor (boys vs girls)

Causes

Our country’s total population is leading life below the poverty-line, in which the people are deprived ofbasic necessities of life like clothing, shelter, food,education and medication, the children of these peoplewill be forced to become Labourers' or workers in order tosurvive.

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.

Conclusion

The children are working as a labor in school going age for the survival of there families and to full fill the basic necessities.

People don’t know the importance of education. That’s why most of children remain illiterate.

Solution

Awareness must be raised and parents should pay attention to the education of their children.

Child Labor Laws should be strictly put into practice.

We have to distribute the education free of coast, give flame to the candle ofeducation and distribute the light ofknowledge among the people asour Holy prophet (PBUH) also says that“get knowledge and distribute amongothers.”

Thank you