Tag: bonded labour

Activists demand detailed report on bonded labour project: report

LAHORE: The rights activists asked the government to provide the detailed report on the project for elimination of child and bonded labour initiated in 2014, here...

‘Child labour at its peak in country’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sweet Homes Chairman Zamurd Khan on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that child labour was at its peak in the country. He appeared before...

HRCP conference calls for elimination of bonded labour: reports

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a conference organised by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called for the elimination of bonded labour, reported a local English newspaper.  The...

32 children involved in bonded labour recovered from brick kilns

SIALKOT: The police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered 32 children from various brick kilns of the district while working as bonded labourers. Teams of different...

IHC directs police to book kiln owner in forced labour case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed police to recover the bonded family from the brick kiln owner Sabir Warraich and register a FIR against...

Pakistani bonded labour activist nominated for awakening humanity prize

Syeda Ghulam Fatima, head of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF), is among four finalists nominated for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, the...