"KP launches first-ever Child Labour Survey 2022-23", 29th January 2024

KP Child Labour Survey 2022-23 is the second provincial survey in Pakistan, after Punjab.

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This survey collected data from 49,734 households including 5,976 urban and 43,758 rural, achieving a response rate of 92.5 percent despite harsh weather and security challenges especially in the newly merged districts...The child population aged 5 – 17 years is approximately 8.28m in the province, adding that 11.1 percent of them are working children; of which 80 percent are in child labour while 73.8 percent of them are working in hazardous conditions. Referring to children population from 14-17 years, it said that 21.6 percent are working children and 15.5 percent are in child labour or hazardous work respectively.

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The report revealed that the major four industries for child labour included agriculture, forestry and fishing...water collection...wholesale and retail trade...and manufacturing at.

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The KP-CLS report also provided a detailed analysis of the effects of child labour on children which include physical and psychological effects, limiting their equitable opportunities to be fully educated, abuse at work places, economic exploitation and health consequences.