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Child labor is a major problem in Pakistan and it has exploited the lives of many children. What are the problems behind the decision of child labor? What is the work carried out by children under child labor? What are the anti-child labor organizations perspective regarding child labor? What are the major causes of child labor? This research tends to find the causes of child labor in Lahore a city in Pakistan among children, in children perspective, anti-child labor organization perspective and the researcher's perspective. This research is qualitative in which exclusive interviews are taken from child laborers and qualitative research questionnaires are taken from anti-child labor organizations for their opinion on child labor causes. From the anti-child labor organization's perspective poverty and other factors were the causes of child labor. Whereas, from the child laborer and the researcher's perspective including poverty, family and self-actualization, the cost of education and less or no employment opportunities are the causes of child labor and opportunity deprivation model clearly shows the crux of this research invented by Umair Shahzad the researcher of this research.
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Umair Shahzad is a student researcher.
