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CHILD RIGHTS SITUATION IN PAKISTAN

25 Pages : 343-352

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2018(III-I).25      10.31703/grr.2018(III-I).25      Published : Dec 2018

Child Rights Situation in Pakistan

    The research regarding Child rights in Pakistan has immense magnitude for the socio-economic development in Pakistan. Resembling the majority of the worlds developing countries, Pakistan is also facing numerous social and economic problems. The weaker economic condition of the society resulted in an environment of uneven social conditions and class discrimination which becomes a huge hurdle in the way of attainment of a prosperous society. However, the most vulnerable element of society which is mainly affected by the worse social or economic condition is children. Approximately thirty-five % of the countrys populace is age 15 or lower from which about twenty-five millions are out of schools and 12 million are employed in labor work. The objective of this study is to analyze the situation in which the majority of the Pakistani children are facing numerous challenges in getting access to basic rights including healthcare, education and protection from abuse etc

    Pakistan, Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Child Rights, Child labor, Sexual abuse
    (1) Manzoor Ahmad
    Associate Professor,Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Zubair
    Associate Professor, Department of Law,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Rizwan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies,Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad KP, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Manzoor, Muhammad Zubair, and Muhammad Rizwan. 2018. "Child Rights Situation in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, III (I): 343-352 doi: 10.31703/grr.2018(III-I).25
    HARVARD : AHMAD, M., ZUBAIR, M. & RIZWAN, M. 2018. Child Rights Situation in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, III, 343-352.
    MHRA : Ahmad, Manzoor, Muhammad Zubair, and Muhammad Rizwan. 2018. "Child Rights Situation in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, III: 343-352
    MLA : Ahmad, Manzoor, Muhammad Zubair, and Muhammad Rizwan. "Child Rights Situation in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, III.I (2018): 343-352 Print.
    OXFORD : Ahmad, Manzoor, Zubair, Muhammad, and Rizwan, Muhammad (2018), "Child Rights Situation in Pakistan", Global Regional Review, III (I), 343-352