It is high time, as recommended by the rights body, that Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments step in to revise relevant labor laws and ensure they are in line with international labor standards. More importantly, implementation must be prioritized via regular and thorough inspections to ...
Child Labor is always related to the violation of the basic rights of children. However, every work that children indulge in cannot be categorized as child labo
Implementing Laws Against Child Labor: A Case Study of Pakistandoi:10.2139/ssrn.1904268Asif Khan
Pakistani laws and their cultural enactment correspond in kind. Clear provisions exist in both Islam and the 1973 Pakistani Constitution to provide respect, safety, and equal rights for women; however, Pakistan remains a male-dominated culture where ...
In this context, examining the criteria for capacity building, the mechanism to resolve conflicts between stakeholders (i.e., Federal and Provincial Government EPAs) and implementation of environmental laws in letter and spirit (C2.5) emerges as the most challenging criterion. This indicates a ...
On the 11th anniversary of General Musharraf's coup this year, the dominant and self-serving political rhetoric on theairwavesof Pakistan completely obscures Musharraf government's positive role in significantly enhancing Pakistan's economic growth, and reducing hunger and poverty on his watch. Instead...
SMEs are also employing 80% of the total non-agricultural labor force and are the largest avenue for employment in Pakistan [83, 100]. One of the biggest enablers of the success of the hybrid payment systems is the local indigenous culture [35, 45]. Pakistan is a collectivist culturally ...
There is also a sense of urgency to initiatelonger term actionsto address the underlying causes of terror by offering alternatives to the young people who are recruited as suicide bombers, wreaking havoc on innocent lives on almost daily basis. ...
Our politicians were interested in direct control of universities while they were supposed to create laws, policies and framework’ (Case HEC: Respondent 2). Another leader said: ‘If there were coordination and synergy between the federal and provincial HEC, then this was good for higher ...
(2020) conducted a comprehensive analysis of the impact of international parental labor migration on the mental health and well-being of children who are left behind. The study revealed that factors such as the gender of the migrant parent, cultural background, and other characteristics of ...