"Child labor in Pakistan"
Child Labor in Pakistan
is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, leading to mental, physical, moral and social harm to children. The Human Right Commission of Pakistan estimated in the 1990s that 11 million children were working in the
country, half of those under the age of ten. In 1996, the median age for
a child entering the work force was seven, down from eight years old 2
years prior. It was estimated that one quarter of the country’s work
force was made up of child laborers.
Demographics.
. As of 2005–2006, it is estimated that 96 per cent of working boys were
employed in the wholesale and retail industry in urban areas, followed
by 22 per cent in the service industry and 22 per cent in manufacturing.
As for the girls 48 per cent were employed in the service industry
while 100 per cent were employed in manufacturing. In rural areas, 68
per cent of working boys were joined by 82 per cent of working girls. In
the wholesale and retail industry the percentage of girl were 11 per
cent followed by 11 per cent in manufacturing. Child labor in Pakistan is perhaps most rampant in a north-eastern city called Sialkot, near the border with Kashmir, which is an important production center for exports goods such as sporting goods.
