Though it is a desirable goal, the fact remains that is a given socio- economic scenario that is prevalent in our country, it is a virtually impossible to do away with child labour. One cannot dispute the fact that employer's exploit children by paying them much less than what the would pay to an adult and the future of the working children is ruined as they are notable to attained schools and get education for a better future. But when one considers economic compulsions of the families which force the children to work, one will be compelled to admit that elimination of child labour will be a distant dream unless the socio- economic status of these families is improved.
In 1994, the Punjab Government passed compulsory Education Act to protect the interests of children and focus on general development programs for the benefit of children. Child labour remains one of the major problems afflicting Pakistan and it's children. Some 11 million children, aged four to fourteen , keep the country's factories operating, often working in brutal and squiled conditions.
In December 2014, the U.S. department of labor' s list of goods produced by child labor or forced labor reported 9 goods of which 6 are produced by child laborers in Pakistan. These include the making of bricks, carpets, glass bangles, leather and surgical instruments, as well as coal mining.
Though elimination of child labour is impossible task in the current socio-economic scenarios; the government is committed to the task of ensuring that no child remains illiterate, hungry and without medical care