Tag: child labour

Mariyam Nafees said children get mistreated, abused, raped and killed.

KARACHI: Following the objections raised by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Sindh police have launched a crackdown against child labour across the province. The action...

According to the World Bank, the number of people in extreme poverty could potentially skyrocket by up to 60 million this year alone.

Imam directed to take action against those who are forcing children into bonded labour.

The president said the government would fulfill its responsibility of protecting the child rights.

The PM also sought recommendations from the concerned departments for the enrollment of such children in the schools.

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Friday sought public help for identifying a woman who is seen beating a housemaid in...

BEIJING: Smartphone maker Apple and its biggest manufacturing partner on Wednesday said that a small number of students were discovered working overtime in its...

DHAKA: One third of children living in the slums of Bangladesh's capital spend more than 60 hours a week making clothes for the garment...

ISLAMABAD: The European Union’s GSP Plus Assessment Mission has applauded Government of Pakistan’s efforts in introducing legislation for elimination of child and bonded labour...

LAHORE: Punjab government through “The Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Ordinance 2016” has imposed complete ban on employing children less than 15 years of age to work.

The International Day against Child Labour was observed on Sunday to highlight one of the biggest roadblock to human rights around the world.

JAKARTA: Children are being put to work on tobacco plantations in Indonesia that supply some of the world's biggest cigarette companies, putting their health at serious risk, Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday.

KARACHI: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had organized a two-day National Labour Conference in Karachi in which labour leaders from all parts of Pakistan participated and took part in the deliberations.

Photography by Pyar Ali Ten year old Muhammad Ayub works in a tandoor when he should be in school. This unfortunate reality becomes all the more telling on this day which is commemorated as World Day Against Child Labour: Article 11 (3) of Pakistan’s Constitution prohibits employment of children below the age of 14 years in any factory or mine or any other hazardous employment.

Actor Varun Pruthi's video highlights one of the biggest social problems prevalent in South Asia and that is, child labour.

Fatima, eight, isn't wearing a neat black and white uniform, or laughing and playing with classmates. She is hard at work, selling ice creams...

Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi told AFP he believes child labour can be eradicated in his lifetime, calling for everyone in the world to "take a stand" against the practice.

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it had suspended business with a Chinese supplier it suspected of employing child labour, less than a week after a U.S. watchdog report accused the supplier of using under-aged workers.