Child Labour Seminar

On Tuesday the 14th February 2017 the Pakistan college of Law conducted a seminar on Child Labor in Pakistan.

The seminar was arranged by the Pakistan Center of Legal Research and Publication (PCLRP), a project of the Pakistan College of Law.

This was the first seminar of the PCLRP which aims to further the dialogue on topics that define the pragmatic difficulties faced by Pakistan.

The Pakistan Centre of Legal Research and Publication

Information was exchanged regarding the existing Pakistani laws regulating Child Labor and their impact on the child laborers in Pakistan.

Key points in the discussion included “Causes of Child Labour and How to Erradicate them”, “Current Legal Status of Child Labour Laws”, “Pakistan’s International Obligations towards Child Labour” and “Legal Reforms with regards to Child Labour”.

A specific discussion was conducted by Mr Asad Jamal on why the rights of the child were important enough to mandate protection.

The Panel was also comprised of Mr. Saroop Ijaz, Mr. Ibrahim Haroon and Mr. Asfandyar Warrraich.

The presentations were followed by a question and answer session by the audience, the content of which reflected the spectrum of views on the reasoning for the existence of child labor in Pakistan.

The Centre and Pakistan College of Law thanks all the presenters for providing their time to give highly informative presentations on this imperative issue of Child Labor in Pakistan.

The Centre will continue to conduct such events on a regular basis as well as provide opportunities for research and publication to further the assimilation of ideas for concerns specific to Pakistan.