KARACHI: Elimination of child labour

Published February 15, 2003

KARACHI, Feb 14: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has called upon the officials of the Industries and Labour Department to adopt a concrete and practical strategy for elimination of child labour in the province.

He issued the directive after going through a report submitted to him by the Pakistan Children Safety Organization with regard to child labour in a number of private organizations.

The chief secretary asked the department to survey all such factories, shops, industrial units and other organizations where children are employed as labour.—APP

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