FACTS AND FACTORS ABOUT THE DESTINY OF WORKING AND ESCAPED CHILDREN IN PUNJAB (PAKISTAN)

In recent years, the phenomenon of child labour has attracted the worldwide attention. Mostly it has affected the developing countries both politically and economically. The ever-rising menace of child labour has created numerous problems in Pakistan. A comprehensive survey has been conducted in Pun...

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Published in:Pakistan economic and social review 2001-07, Vol.39 (1), p.1-24
Main Authors: PASHA, G. R., IQBAL, MUNAWAR, FAROOQ, SHAHZAD KASHIF
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brothers
Child labor
Destiny
Fathers
Labor
Mothers
Parents
Poverty
Unemployment
Working mothers
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Summary:In recent years, the phenomenon of child labour has attracted the worldwide attention. Mostly it has affected the developing countries both politically and economically. The ever-rising menace of child labour has created numerous problems in Pakistan. A comprehensive survey has been conducted in Punjab (Pakistan) to unfold the causes and reasons/circumstances behind child labour. In the province of Punjab, Lahore, Multan and Rahim Yar Khan have remained the focus of our research. During the research, such facts and figures have been collected which have never been explored in the preceding works. This paper contains extensive work over the causes and the future of an escaped child. In this regard a diagram has been worked out to trace the future of escaped child. Furthermore, such figures have been collected to relate child labour and its association or disassociation with different attributes. The work concluded poverty as the root cause of child labour. In the end, some remedial measures have also been suggested to cope with the situation.
ISSN:1011-002X