If work is not affecting the health and personal development as well as the schooling of children,
then this type of work can not be taken negatively and does not fall in the category of child
labour, e.g. assisting in family business or working during school holidays or after school hours.
These activities are not “child labour.”

 Child Labour is defined as work that has the potential to deprive children of their childhood,
their dignity and is also harmful for their physical, moral and mental development and it
interferes with their education (either by not allowing them to attend school, leaving school
prematurely i.e., without compulsory education or forcing them to combine school attendance
with heavy work.).

Article 3: the state shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual
fulfillment of fundamental principle, from each according to his ability and to each according to
his work.
• Article 11(3): No child below the age of 14 years shall be engaged in any factory or mine or
any other hazardous employment.
• Article 25(A): The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age
of five to sixteen years in such manner as determined by law.
• Article 37(e): The state shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work,
ensuring that women and children are not employed in vacations unsuited to their age or sex, and
for maternity benefits for women in employment.

https://paycheck.pk/labour-laws/fair-treatment/minors-and-youth/child-labour

More than 12.5 million children are involved in child labor in Pakistan. According to Reuters,
“Pakistan’s Labour Force Survey, 2014-15 showed that of those children aged between 10 and
14 years active in child labor, 61 percent were boys and 88 percent came from rural areas.”
In Pakistan, 38.8 percent of the population is living in poverty, with one in four individuals
living in acute poverty. For many citizens in Pakistan, it is hard to find a job or to secure one
paying enough to provide for a family. Students from impoverished backgrounds who are
unable to enter school are most likely to become affected by child labor in Pakistan.

Many child workers are often abused where they work, suffering beatings or torture. Many
children are sent to live with middle class and elite class families to perform as domestic
servants. Jobs like these become particularly dangerous for children, as they are at the risk of
physical and sexual abuse without real supervision.

https://borgenproject.org/child-labor-in-pakistan/

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the issue of child labor with an integrated long-term approach based on community needs and
requirements, including initiating poverty eradication programs, providing income generation
opportunities to poor families, implementing of free primary and compulsory education,
vocational training for children, awareness programs, and enforcing laws and policies by the
state. Many of the reflections on which this paper is based for resolving child labor are based on
five years of practical experience in the field of human rights particularly focused on child
protection, child labor, non-formal education, and creating livelihood opportunities for poor
families in Pakistan.

Resolving it requires integrated action through providing income generation opportunities to

child labor families, quality education to their children, and implementation of existing laws and
policies related to child labor, child rights, and child education.

https://www.academia.edu/33599286/Child_labor_in_Pakistan_and_its_solution

child labour and education by m.l.narasaiah