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Over 6.6m Pakistani children trapped | Ss
in hazardous labour, says NCHR

Y mya imran                with 6 million in Punjab, followed by ministry or any single intervention. He

.                            Sindh (6 million), Kiytber Pakhtnkhwa_ said that what the evidence increasingly
ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan has &6 million  (745,155), Balochistan (201/352) and Kdam- confirms is that chiki labour in Pakistan is.
chikiren in child labour, with over 6.6 abad Capital Territory recorded 15,180,      far more widespread than many assume,
million      in hazardous Isbour that ‘The report identifies poverty a3 the” -. Supreme Court Judge Justice Ayesha
threatens their health, safety and fulure, strongest driver of child labour, with the Malik said that Pakistan has made clear
according toa lanimark national report highest prevalence among the poorest legal commitments with respect to child
launched by the National Commission for households and families with low parental labour. She mentioned Article 11 of the
Human Rights (NCHR) in collaboration education Boys aresignificantly more likely Constitution that prohibits the employ-
with Unicef here Thursday,               a         than gits to be engaged in hbour, Induding ment of children under 14 in hazardous

‘The report “Pakistan: Child Labour hazardous work It shows thal a significant occupations ard Article 25A that guaran-
‘Surveys, Evidence for Action” is the first share ofchild our takes place within fame tees free and compulsory education.
nationally representative child labour ities on family farms, in family workshops, -__ In his opening remarks, Minister of
datesct in nearly three decades. It provides. in family homes, This makes i largelyimis- State (or Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel
@ comprehensive picture of the scale, dis» be to comentional abour inspection.    ‘Malik said that child labour is not inevita-
tribution, sectors, risks, and drivers of — The findings also highlight the severe bie. It is driven by poverty, exclusion, and
child labour nationwikke.                              impact on children’s wellbeing. Children underdnvestment. “Every child who stays
Speaking at the launch, NCHR Chair.   involved in labour are more likely tobe out in school instead of going to work is a
person Rabiya Javeri Agha noted that of school, work longer hours, and suffer measure of our success, That is the stand-
Pakistan's last comprehensive child Isbour injuries, Zness, fatigue, and poor mental ard we should hold ourselvesto.”—-
Survey was conducted in 1006, with policy» health Across provinces, between 32and Child representative Amiraan also
takers and development partners relying §3 percent of working children reported shared his journey of transformation
on outdated or fragmented data for over work-related injurics or iiness, while up after learning how to calculate at a
20 years, She emphasized that while prev- to one-third of older chikiren in labour UNICEF-supported Accelerated Learn-
alence vartes across provinces, hazardous reported symptoms of depression, . ..    ing program. He said thst after attending
child labour remains a widespread con Speaking on this occasion, Federal the programme, he was able to set-up his
cemaffecting children in every reson.       Minister for Human Rights, Senator Azam vegetable stall with a fellow student. He
+ Thereport shous that Punkab bearsthe Nazcer Tarrar said that the issue of child  Fear he morning ae studies in
largest burden of children in chikd labour, Isbour could not be solved by any one theafternoon. .

OFFICE OF THE MUKHTIARKAR TALUKA.
HALLA, DISTRICT MATYARI

Dated: 09-06-2026


Ref. No, 586:
Public Notice

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ALLAMA IQBAL
dy OPEN UNIVERSITY
ISLAMABAD
IES

Allama Iqbal Open University (A!OU), Islamabad has allocated tunds for the procurement of various refurbishment
services, planned during the financial year 2026/27 and is intending that part of the proceeds of those funds will be
7 to cover eligible payments under the contracts resulting from the following respective activities:

PEC Goces | —___pue aes & Tine                    [___DueDatesatime —Sst
citepories

Pre-Bid -         Bids.          Bids.
Meeting      Submissi          Opening
“CE10

22-06-2026 | 06-07-2026 | 06-07-2026

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' Name. of Work:

Aelivity Ko,
Refurbishment of old
computer tab into Executive,
Conference Room at AIOU

01/00W/2026-27                                          Category C-6] 1100 Hrs                            1100 Hrs
ain Campus, Islamabad                             _
Refurbishment of Hall into
CE10       Pease 06-2026 | 06-07-2026 | 06-07-2026
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Refurbishment of Committee
CE10 . /22-06-2026 | 06-07-2026 | 06-07-2026
Category C-6] 1100 Hrs

Room, Directorate of Regional
O3D0W/2026-27  Services, Block No, 25 at

The University now invites separate electronic bids against each respective procurement activity through
e-Pak Acquisition & Disposal System (e-PADS) (https://eprocure.gov.pk) from eligible contractors who are on
active taxpayers list of Income Tax & Sales Tax, registered with Pakistan Engineering Council for the year 2026-
27 in relevant Code(s) and having sufficient experience in executing “Turnkey” projects of refurbishment’
interior decoration. The bidding shall be conducted as per the methods prescribed in the bidding document of
respective procurement activity, which are in line with the procedures of the Public Procurement Rules 2004
and any Regulations, Regulatory Guides, Procurement Guidelines or Instructions Issued by the Authority (from
time totime) andis opento all potential bidders.              :                        7                          :                .

Bid(s) in respect of each activity must be accompanied by a Bid Security of required amount(s), in an
acceptable form as given in the respective bidding document of respective activity as well as appearing at e-
PADS. The scanned copy of Bid Security must be uploaded through e-PADS and the hardcopy must be
submitted physically as instructed below. Separate bidding documents containing detailed terms & conditions
of the bidding process of procurement activity and requirements of each respective activity can be downloaded
from https://eprocure.gov.pk free of cost. In case of any queryfechnical difficulty with regards to e-PADS,
Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) should be contacted.     uo     ‘    ,

Pre-bid Meeting shall take place on the date & time mentioned hereinabove and can be attended virtually
through the link: https//meet.google.conypsa-kgtz-kux

‘The bid(s) prepared in accordance with the instructions mentioned in the respective procurement activity's
Bidding Document, must be submitted through e-PADS at https-//eprocure.gov.pk by or before 1030 hours
PST on the closing date of respective procurement activity as prefixed in ibid table. Whereas, the Bid Security
instrument, In original, in respect of each procurement activity, in sealed envelope(s}, duly mentioning the
Name & Ref. Number of the respective activity on the envelope(s), must be delivered at the aforementioned
address by or before the bids’ submission date & time. The bid(s} of respective activity at e-PADS, will be
opened at 4100 hours PST through e-PADS on the closing date in the presence of bidders’ representatives who
shall choose to attend the bids’ opening session to be held at Meeting Room, New ICT Building, AIOU Main
Campus, Sector H-8, Islamabad,

This advertisement is also avallable at website of PPRA & AIOU at www.ppra.org.pk and
www.aiou.edu.pk/Tender.asp, respectively.

OEIC ANNES      .
Tr oy era SL Re ae  See
Phone! 051-9572101, 9572133