Islamabad: The Institute for Social Justice (ISJ) urged the Prime Minister of Pakistan to give tax exemption to all education related products and items as well as tax free salaries to all public sector teachers in the next fiscal budget … Read More
Tax exemption on educational products in Pakistan
May 26, 2014
Deplorable rights of labourers in 2013 in Pakistan
May 1, 2014
Islamabad: In 2013, 35 workers were reported dead in result of collapse of coalmines, burst of boilers, crushed by machines, fireworks, torture by employers, fell from under construction buildings and electrocuted. The Institute for Social Justice (ISJ) expressed deep concerns … Read More
In 12 years, 24725 cases of child sexual abuse reported in Pakistan
April 17, 2014
Islamabad: In Pakistan, 24725 cases of child sexual abuse reported by NGOs in 12 years from 2002 to 2013. Of the total reported cases, 68 percent were from Punjab province, 21 percent from Sindh, 5.5 percent from Islamabad, 3 percent … Read More
29th slave child reported dead: nobody’s problem, no body’s responsbility
February 14, 2014
On 13 February, 29th death of a child domestic worker is reported in the media since January 2010 after the death of Shazia Masih. Iqra, 13, was found strangled at her master’s (Mian Shahid) house under mysterious circumstances in Lahore. … Read More
13 rescued after 10-year forced labour in Punjab Pakistan
February 13, 2014
HAFIZABAD [Punjab- Pakistan]: The police rescued 13 forced labourers from a private jail of a landlord during a crackdown after 10 years illegal confinement on Feb 12.On directives of Lahore High Court, a judicial bailiff and heavy contingent of police … Read More
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