child labor

Tahira Khan Loralai: Muhammad Zubair, a 16-year-old resident of Loralai, is employed in one of the coal mines in Duki, a renowned coal mining region in Balochistan province, Pakistan. Zubair, once an ambitious school-going boy with…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) has called upon all political parties to prioritise child rights by incorporating a dedicated chapter on the "protection, promotion, and fulfilment of child…

News Desk Islamabad: As Pakistan marked Universal Children’s Day on November 20, the Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan (DigiMAP) highlighted alarming statistics on child labour, sexual abuse, and out-of-school children, calling for…

News Desk United Nations: For the first time in 20 years, child labour is on the rise. Some 160 million children work to earn a living globally instead of going to school, said International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director General…

Pakistan In Picture Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: They are bread earners for their families doing hard work and facing the onslaught of their owners who are no less than slave masters. They don’t have the option as the promises made by…