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India propaganda

about child labour

in Pakistan slated

PESHAWAR: Haji Muhammad Afzal Zia, President Industrial Estate Association Peshawar has stated the Indian propaganda about child labour in Pakistan as malicious and baseless.

In a statement here on Monday he outrightly rejected Indian propaganda about child labour which he said did not contain any truth. He said, there was even no concept of child labour in Pakistan. He regretted that Pakistan's commercial attaches should foil propaganda campaign launched by India against Pakistan as a result of which "we lost to get a single stall at industrial exhibition in Switzerland".

He said, India had launched a full fledge campaign against Pakistan's export abroad. Therefore, the Government should take solid steps to frtustrate India's campaign, based on rumours and presumptions. He urged Commercial Counsellors of Pakistan to play their effective role to defuse the effects of the venomous propaganda.-APP