SPARC’s Child Rights committee Bajaur Tuesday expressed concerned over the increasing of child labor in the tribal areas and urged the government to take effective steps for the eradication of child labor in Fata

 SPARC’s Child Rights committee Bajaur Tuesday expressed concerned over the increasing of child labor in the tribal areas and urged the government to take effective steps for the eradication of child labor in Fata. Addressing a press conference on the occasion of “world day against child labor,” here at khar, SPARC’s Child rights Committee Bajaur coordinator Izharul haq said that Bajaur among those areas where child labor has been very  increased in the past several  years. “Militancy, operation against militants, uncertainty, bad law and order situation, unemployment and poor economical condition were the main reasons of increasing the child labor in the agency,” he added. He said that because of multiple causes the child labor in the agency has broken its record, “According to survey conducted by SPARC more than 50 percent child labor has been increased in the different parts of the agency in the past five years,” he told. He said that Huge number of under age children are working in the most dangers sectors of labor in the region and due to this they have been deprived from education which was their basic rights. SPARC’Child right Committe Bajaur senior members , Hanifullahjan , Shahid habib and others were also spook on the occasion . “Due to lack of awareness, the children are working in very poor circumstances and as a result, they are facing with different diseases,” They added .                                                  They  said that increasing of child labor in the agency was a series threats to the lives of the children because so for no step has been taken by the government. They asked the federal government to immediately extended its policy of curbing the child labor to the Tribal areas, “ because Tribal areas also a part of the country and its children are the citizen of the country,” they said .They  urged the government to also declared education compulsory for the Fata as the government had already decleared education as a fundamental right of every individual under the Article 25-A of the constitution . “If the government did not toke serious steps for the providing of basic education to the children, the child labor would be more increased in the agency,” They warned.  They demanded the government to increasing the minimum age of employment under the employment of Children Act 1991 from 14 to 16 years there by allowing children to avail their fundamental right to free and compulsory education.