Bilawal Bhutto for eliminating Child Labour through social protection

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Patron-In-Chief, Pakistan Peoples Party has stressed for more efforts, including legislation and practical steps, to remove the perils of Child Labour from Pakistan and provide the children with strong social protection. International Labour Organization (ILO), having 185 countries as the member states including Pakistan, is observing World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 this year to “draw attention to the role of social protection in keeping children out of child labour and removing them from it.”

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said children are future of our nation and every parent has the responsibility to save their children from falling into the trap of child labour. “However, it is the responsibility of the state to protect the children and take strong and committed steps to ensure that every child is given adequate chance to education, health, leisure and basic freedoms,” he added. PPP Patron-In-Chief said Peoples Labour Bureau (PLB) has also the responsibility to hold consultations with other stake-holders and formulate recommendations to the government to eliminate Child Labour and devise strategy to deal with this human issue as the largest political party of the country.

He also urged the Sindh government to fully activate its Labour Department to redouble its energies to save the children from poor segments of the society from falling prey to child labour and sustain the campaign until it is completely wiped out.