When these tiny tots should be going to school and playing, their soft hands are overused and exploited by their employers. Though our constitution grants freedom and education to every child, we find so many children enslaved in affluent houses, tea shops and factories doing menial jobs.
The laws governing child abuse generally do not help them as there is nobody to fight for their cause. The factory owners find cheap labour in these children and the affluent class find these children as handy domestic help.
These children are the sole bread winners for their families and helpless to raise their voice against the injustice done to them. Their only hope lies in the voluntary organisations. Therefore, the government and the concerned authorities should frame suitable laws against child abuse and enforce these laws stringently taking punitive action against the perpetrators of child abuse of any kind.
USAMA QADIR
Karachi
