Sindh Minister for Labour and Human Resources Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has said that Sindh Labour Department is going to conduct Child Labour Survey across the province in collaboration with UNICEF. For the purpose, Rs. 96 millions have been allocated and once survey is completed, actual data would be made available in order to enable us to formulate and implement policies to curb child labour.
This he said while presiding over a meeting in his office here today. Secretary Labour Rasheed Ahmed Solangi also attended the meeting. He said that we were fully committed to eradicate child labour from Sindh, adding that also working on capacity building of the officers of the department and strengthening of occupational, safety and health centres .
Provincial Minister Ghulam Murtaza Baloch assured that inspection of factories/establishments would be made more effective and transparent and no lethargic attitude would be tolerated in this regard. The Secretary Labour Rasheed Ahmed Solangi briefed the meeting that Minister Task Force had been constituted under Director Labour along with prominent Labour leaders and representatives from Employers Federation of Pakistan and Chambers to implement minimum wages in the province.
He added, ‘District Jamshoro has been declared as Child Labour Free District and in this regard Task Force headed by Director Labour Sindh along with Additional Director Labour Hyderabad and other officers have been constituted to ensure District Jamshoro as Child Labour Free District. On this occasion Sindh Minister for Labour and Human Resources Ghulam Murtaza Baloch expressed his satisfaction over measures taken to eradicate child labour in the province.