Child Labor in Pakistan
By Muhammad
Ammar Rana
A sigh of
exhaustion could easily be seen on the face of every human, with a kind soul,
passing by that 13-years old child. Yes, a child with pressure on his mind, as
well as on his immature shoulders, who was trying hard to lift the heavy,
unbearable to carry, weight.
Children
laboring hard, putting their health and lives at risk, is a common sight in
Pakistan. According to the constitution and labour laws, employment of children
under the age of 14 is prohibited. Yet, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
estimated in the 1990s that 11 million children were working in the country,
half of them under ten years of age. Many years have passed till yet but the
situation is still same in most of the rural and urban areas of Pakistan.
To who should
they claim the nourishment of their young self being, to whom should they
complain about their contemporary state. Is they living their life or just
suffering from the very young age to full fill the basic needs of them and
their families. We talk about the human rights, I question you where are the
rights to education and to fulfillment of basic needs of these little children.
Education should be the only main soul reason for their existence in this age
of their life.
1st may is
really enthusiastically celebrated in our beloved country by granting a leave
to all the corporate world, but have you ever noticed that the real reason
behind that holiday are often seen working on the streets to just full fill the
need of that specific day. God bestow human beings with the blessing of parents
so they could be protected from the harshness of this bare world but what about
those children who have to come out just to face the unsympathetic world to
earn their livelihood. Isn’t it our duty to stand with those less privileged in
our society so we could abolish the curse of child labour from our blood? And
could flourish the essence of education which truly leads to the peace of
world.
Yes why not! I
will end my article by taking the pledge from all those who got an opportunity
to go through my article that from this very passing second we will contribute
to change the world around us. By standing with all those unprivileged children
who are fighting the battle every day. We should be the one helping them to
gain their rights to attain knowledge and to diminish this curse of child
labour.
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