Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Labour and Culture, Shoukat Yousafzai Saturday said that government had decided to conduct a child labour survey for the first time in the province.
The purpose of survey is to find out exact number of child labour in the province and reasons why children are forced to work at an early age.
The decision was taken in high level meeting chaired by him to review performance of his department. He said said the government was working on elimination of child labour and protection of rights of juvenile. Shoukat Yousafzai said the government was committed for providing education opportunities to the children across the province, adding that work in this regard was being done on priority basis.
He said that through labour law the implementation of minimum wage as fixed by government would ensured and factories owners would be made bound to ensure best medical facilities for the labour.
Shaukat said the department would protect labour rights at all costs and all issues of labour would be addressed without any delay.