UNICEF has termed all those activities which deprive a child of his or her right to get an education as child labour. According to this definition, all the grazing tasks performed by the children in Musakhel can be termed as child labour. On the other hand, these children not only share the economic burden of their family by herding the livestock, but also learn their family trade in the form of apprenticeship. Very few children work at hotels, auto and engineering shops, bicycle repair shops, blacksmith shops, tunnors (loaf makers), hair cutting saloons, and tailoring shops. In most of the cases children work here as apprentices and are paid a little amount as stipend.

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