Islamabad, June 11, 2022 (PPI-OT):Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that eliminating child labour was a national task for which every section of the society has to work hard and responsibly to achieve this collective target.
In a message on the eve of World Day Against Child Labour being observed on Sunday, the PPP Chairman said that though different legislations have been passed to protect the children from forced labour but there needs to be concrete efforts for implementation of these laws. To achieve maximum outcome and impact of these laws, the related authorities must concentrate on mechanism so that child labour is curtailed and eventually demolished, he added.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari pointed out that Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act was enacted in 90’s yet millions of children are still compelled to carry out labouring tasks all over the country. He said that first National Child Labour Survey in Pakistan was conducted in 1996 when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister of the country adding that a fresh child labour survey was underway in all the four provinces in collaboration with UNICEF for data to devise strategy for curbing the child labour in Pakistan.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appreciated that provincial government has passed Sindh Child Protection Authority wherein forcing the children to work has been declared a crime and a toll-free number is announced for reporting of such cases for action. Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2017 was also passed in bid to curb child labour in the province.
He said that PPP government launched Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in 2009 as a social security tool to support women and their children because it is the commitment of the Party manifesto to strengthen the vulnerable sections socially and economically through different social protection steps.
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