“1.3 million children forced to work as labourers in Pakistan’s Sindh”, IANS, October 26, 2025
“As many as 1.3 million children aged between five and 17 years are trapped in child labour in Pakistan’s Sindh province, with 65 per cent of them compelled to work in the agriculture sector, local media reported, quoting a government survey.
Notably, Pakistan’s Labour Department has launched the Sindh Child Labour Survey 2023-2024 in collaboration with UNICEF.
According to the survey, around two-thirds of 1.3 million children were engaged in the agriculture sector, followed by 12.4 per cent in manufacturing, while 10.8 per cent in wholesale/retail trade, a report published on the website of Pakistan daily Dawn said……”
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