MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has finally come up with the decision to completely abolish child labour in the valley after an amendment to the Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016 was approved.
The approved amendment was raised in a cabinet meeting chaired by AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday.
According to the amendments, children less than 17 years of age cannot be employed in the private sector.
While giving out details of the cabinet’s decision with the media, Education Minister Barrister Iftikhar Geelani said that the improved law would help reduce child labour in the region.
