Five kiln owners held in Okara for child labour

OKARA: The Punjab Protection of Child Labour inspector Saturday arrested five kiln owners on charges of employing underage children at their kilns. Farooq Jalal of Al-Noor Bricks was arrested when Gorge Faisal 5 and Waseem Akram, 8 were found busy in child labour at the kiln. Nasir 11 and Umar Gul Khan,12 were found from Usman Bricks Kohla Moor of Abdul Khaliq Kamyana of 4/GD. The owner of Al-Makka Bricks was arrested when Kashif, 5, Allah Moafi, 9, Shahid, 8 and Sana, 10 were found busy in bonded labour. Muhammad Ramzan and Muhammad Ishaq of Masha Allah Bricks were arrested for employing Farooq Ahmad, 12 and Murtaza, 13.