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M Farhan Amjad (F-43064) : BS (SE) 22-B
M Farhan Amjad (F-43064) : BS (SE) 22-B
BS(SE)22-B
Why I Chose This Topic
I love children
Our country gives them billions of dollars for their
military
My Top Sources
“ Child labour: a public health issue”
By: Saleema Aziz Gulzar, Laila Pirani, and Samina
Vertejee
“Bureau of International Labor Affairs”
Found on the United States Department of Labor
website
My Research Questions
1) How and why do children in Pakistan get
into child labor?
2) What are the different types of child
labor found in Pakistan?
3) How are the children affected?
4) What’s being done in Pakistan and other
countries to stop child labor?
Where is Pakistan?
Some Background Info
• The United States give
Pakistan billions of dollars for
their military
• The rich don’t have to pay
taxes
• 11-12 million children in
Pakistan are under child labor
• The daily income of 65.5% of
the people is under 2 U.S
dollars a day
Iqbal Masih
1982-1995
• Pakistan's Efforts
• Organization/Activists Efforts
• Nothing
Pakistan’s Efforts
• Factories Act, 1934; West
Pakistan Shops and Establishment
Ordinance; The Employee
Children Act, 1991; The Bonded
Labour System Abolition Act,
1992; and the Punjab Compulsory
Education Act 1994
• In September 1988, the "peshgi"
(bonded) system was abolished
• The government gave free books
to primary schools so parents
with limited budgets are now
able to send their children to
schools
Organizations & Activists
• The International Labour
Organization (ILO) plans
to end the worst form of
child labor by 2016
• ILO and the Provincial
Labor Department, are
working to organize a
speech competition, an
exhibition of paintings, a
magic show for kids, and
a street walk to raise
awareness
The June, 1996 issue of Life
magazine carried an article
about child labor in
Pakistan. The article's lead
photograph showed 12-
year-old Tariq surrounded
by the pieces of a Nike
soccer ball. In a matter of
weeks, activists all across
Canada and the United
States were standing in
front of Nike outlets,
holding up Tariq's photo
• Activists can be
slandered, harassed by
police, sued, beaten,
and sometimes killed
• The Bonded Labor
Liberation Front is
probably the most
successful in Pakistan
“false rumors”
“abolitionists”
“illegal communist propaganda”
Nothing
• NO laws are enforced
• Since 2001 the United
States has given more
than $15 billion to
Pakistan, which went
almost entirely to military
spending
• The Pakistan Parliament is
a part of the elite, so they
pay no taxes and don’t
want to make any
changes to the system
Conclusion • With the current leaders
• Poor Pakistan Families really
have no other options and system none of the
• Child labor has become a necessary changes will ever
part of the economy be made
• Most of the country will be • The only way to fix anything
uneducated and illiterate would be a change of
leaders which means a civil
• They really need to enforce war would need to happen
their laws
Any Questions?
• Thank you for listening