Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that children are not merely the future of the nation but its most precious trust, and that a society cannot claim progress while its children are deprived of their right to education, safety, and a carefree childhood. Calling for renewed national and global commitment to ending child labour, he stressed that every child deserves a life filled with learning, hope, dignity, and opportunity—not exploitation, deprivation, and burdens beyond their years.
According to the press release issued by the Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP Chairman, in his message on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, pointed out that the 1973 Constitution—the historic gift of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the nation—prohibits slavery, forced labour, and the employment of children in hazardous occupations, while also guaranteeing free and compulsory education for all children between the ages of five and sixteen. He said these constitutional safeguards reflect the state’s responsibility to protect children and secure their future.
Reaffirming the Pakistan Peoples Party’s commitment to the vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that she firmly believed that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, deserves an equal opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to the nation’s progress.
The PPP Chairman urged governments, employers, civil society, and communities to work collectively to eradicate child labour in all its forms and create conditions in which every child can live with dignity, security, and hope. “Let us build a society where children are known not by the work they are forced to do, but by the dreams they are empowered to pursue,” he concluded.
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