Pakistan has ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child and ILO convention on worst forms of child labor 182 and Pakistan also has commitments and taken policy initiatives to eliminate the child labor, but due to poor implementation and lack of political well has only added to the ever growing number of street children and child labor.
In Pakistan there are some 70,000 children living on the street and the number of the street children increasing day by day. In beg cities like Karachi having about 25,000, followed by Faisal abad with 10,000, Lahore 7,000, Peshawar with 5,000, Rawalpindi 3,000 and Quetta with 2,500.
According to a survey conducted by Center for Research and Social Development, about 1.2 million children are on the street in Pakistan. This was said by the Regional Manager SPARC Mr.Jahanzeb Khan in a media briefing meeting

Mr.Ijaz Khan Protection Manager said that children on street and children of the street are facing several protection risks like sexual abuse, drug addiction, and commercial sexual exploitation. These children are at the risk of sexually transmitted dieses, HIV and AIDS, because of their early exposure to both heterosexual and homosexual practices. Mr.Khan added

Mr.Jahanzeb Khan said that Of the Street children (boys and girls) see the street as their home. Often they have been abandoned by their parents/guardians or are orphans, or runaways from abusive families and are mostly alone and mainly live on the roadside, parks, railway stations, shrines place work and at bus stand where they are never be protected from all kind of abuse and exploitation, while children on the street a little bit safe from the sexual abuse, because they go back to home at evening time.

Street children rights of education, recreation, good health, parental care, state protection, safety and protection are violating.
Mr. Imran Takkar Project Coordinator Street children said that SPARC (Society for the protection of the rights of the child) has established a Drop in Center for street children in October 2006 near General Buss Stand with an objective to provide free and protected environment from all kind of abuse and exploitation.
Mr. Takkar added that around 75 runaway children reunified with their families after giving them psycho social counseling in Drop in Center. Beside reunification, street children are being provided facilities of education recreation different life skills and information about their rights and protections from abuse and exploitation. Till date above 300 children had befitted from the Center, while daily average 30 to 35 street children are visiting to the Center and are being provided the facilities of education, recreation, psycho social counseling, and life skills.

The government and NGO are needed to take initiatives to protect the street children from all kind of abuse and exploitation.
• The protection of children act 2005 should be pass by the national assembly and enforced by the federal and provinces for the protection of street children
• NWFP destitute and Neglected Children Act 2007 should be pass from Provincial Assembly
• Free compulsory and quality education should be ensure by the government
• A network of well maintained temporary and permanent shelter homes should be established through out the country and a strong referral system to be developed at national, provincial and district level
• Reunification services for lost and runaway children should be stream lined
• A national wise child labor and child protection issues survey to be conducted and National data base by the government should be established.
• ILO worst forms of convention 182 should be strictly enforced.
• Strengthen coordination among NGOs working on Street children
• The existing shelters and drop in-centers also require proper monitoring because many are found abusing the already abused children instead of providing them with respect.
• Strengthen coordination and cooperation with media