Pakistan has 7 million child labourers: Paper
By ANI
Saturday September 8, 2007
Islamabad, Sep 8 (ANI): Pakistan still has seven million child labourers, and around 24,400 juveniles have died as a result of crime and other forms of violence since 2003.
According to Population Welfare Ministry document, obtained by The Nation, the number of street children in Pakistan has reached 35,000.
Since 2003, almost 2,207 offspring under 18 have committed suicide and 416 children have died in traffic accidents, the paper reported.
A total 24,407 children have died as a result of a crime and other forms of violence, in 2003, 3,859 kids became victim of violence, in the year 2004, 4,181 children, in 2005 the figures touched to 4,763 while during 2006, 4,120 children fell prey to various types of criminal activities.
As many as 4, 393 children were murdered during the period under review and 384 children died owing to police torture. The number of offspring raped and died afterwards recorded at 2,098 and 1,828 children fell prey of sodomy during the aforementioned period.
2,310 children died due to torture and 6,870 kids were found missing. The number of children kidnapped and then killed recorded at 6,298 and 216 children fell victim to social evil of karo kari from 2003 to 2006. (ANI)
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