These are four children who are going to work place instead of school like this more than 5 lacs children just in Karachi are living on the street and doing child labor. <br />According to the National child labor survey, approximately 10.2 million children below 14 years are working as a labour in Pakistan. This includes both boys and girls. <br />This scenario depicts how moderate Pakistani parents are letting their children to work as labourers in order to earn money and survive in this world. <br />As a result, the majority of children works overtime for Rs 50 to Rs100, which seems a matter of grave concern. What is required is that the government must take a step to solve this issue. <br />The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child Labour as: <br /> <br />1- when a child is working during early age <br />2- he overworks or gives over time to Labour <br />3- he works due to the psychologically, socially, and materialistic pressure <br />4- he becomes ready to Labour on a very low pay <br /> <br />experts Say’s, <br /> <br />“Child Labour” is generally speaking work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way (physically, mentally, morally or blocking access to education), <br />United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund(UNICEF) defines “child” as anyone below the age of 18, and “child Labour” as some type of work performed by children below age 18. (UNICEF) <br /> <br />Pakistan is still among the top ten countries with the child labor issues, as the world observes International Day Against Child Labor <br />It is an outcome of a multitude of socio-economic factors and hasoots in poverty,lack of opportunities high rate of population growth ,unemployment and even undistribution of wealth and resources. <br />In Sindh Province government has started a Child Protection Unit but they are not functioning.
