Child Labour: Concerns and consequences in Pakistan

Child labor exists in the response of poverty and it is bitter reality of today's world. Parents are poor and they require money to run the household matters. Children become the easiest source of earnings, available to them. The main feature of child labor is that they are always ready to work on low cost that is why they get labor easily. Though Pakistan is signatory of many international treaties against child labor and the constitution of Pakistan does not allow its practice in the country but the current situation is quite alarming. At state level efforts are made, funds are raised, laws are framed but in the end it all seems result less. If the target of universalization of primary education is achieved and the ghost of poverty is eradicated from Pakistan, the situation can be overcome to at least some extent.