University of Management and Technology (UMT) organized a Pre-Launching cere-mony of Pakistani film “Gunjal”, on child labor, on World Children’s Day. This event was organized by UMT School of Media and Communication in collaboration with SSDO, Child Protection and Welfare Bureau and Catwalk.
DG UMT Professor Abid Sherwani, Dean School of Media and Communication Stu-dies Dr. Anjum Zia, Pakistani renowned arts Ahmed Ali Akbar, Resham, Syed Kausar Abbas, Fashion Artist Frieha Altaf, Chairperson Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Sarah Ahmed, media representatives, police department along with the cast of Gunjal attended the ceremony.
Addressing the event, Dr. Anjum Zia welcomed all the guests to UMT and said that child labor and child trafficking are very serious issues which we have to take steps to solve. She said that the film Gunjal has been made keeping in mind child labor and I hope that this film will play an important role in solving serious problems like child labor and child trafficking in our society.
Chairperson Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Sarah Ahmed said that the aim of our bureau is to ensure the provision of education to children by ending child labor. World Children’s Day is celebrated in this regard.
Actress Resham and Actor Ahmed Ali Akbar told the participants that the film in-cludes action and thrills along with shedding light on important issues like child labor. The aim of this film is to shed light on issues like child trafficking .
