A Sociological Analysis of Child Labor in Quetta:

Abstract

There is no denying the fact that Quetta being the largest city of the
province of Balochistan is home to numerous tribes and families who
immigrate to it from across the province. At the work places, the children
undergo certain physical abuse as in their learning process of the work;
they are subjected to physical punishment. Being severely and
continuously under abuse, the children tend to develop mental problems
and become psychologically abnormal. This research intended to highlight
this menace through a quantitative means for which a questionnaire
containing 20 questions was drafted and distributed among 200
government officials, human rights activists and social organizations.
Their results showed that the menace of child labor is growing in the city
of Quetta and the government has failed largely to execute its policies and
a fresh initiative on collective basis is urgently required.