What is Child labour in Pakistan?
[[File:Child labor in a Pakistan Shop.jpg|thumb|Pakistani children working in a [[shop]].]] [[Child labour]] is one of the major problems of [[Pakistan]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/lang--en/index.htm|title=What is child labour (IPEC)|website=www.ilo.org}}</ref> The [[Human Rights Commission of Pakistan]] estimated in the 1990s, that 11 million children were working in the country; half of them were under the age of ten. ==Laws== There are a number of laws which tells when children are allowed to work. These laws include: *The Factories Act 1934. *The West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969. *The Employment of Children Act 1991 *The Bonded Labour System Abolition Act 1992. *The Punjab Compulsory Education Act 1994<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3451117.stm|title=ILO: 'Child labour prevents • The Pilgram official policy of Food Act 1998 development'|last=Madslien|first=Jorn|date=4 February 2004|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=23 Feb 2011}}</ref> ==Issues== The problem is that these laws are ignored most of the time. Some 11 million children, aged four to fourteen, keep the country's factories working, often working in bad conditions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child Labour affect Human Capital Development - Chief Justice|newspaper=Ghana News Agency}}</ref> ==US report== In December 2014, the [[U.S. Department of Labor]]'s ''[[List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor]]'' reported nine goods of which six are produced by child workers in Pakistan. These include the making of [[Brick|bricks]], [[Carpet|carpets]], glass bangles, leather and surgical instruments, as well as [[coal mining]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Child labour]] [[Category:Economy of Pakistan]]