Article 11(3)
No child below the age of 14 years shall be engaged in any factory or mine or any other hazardous employment.
CSA · Corporate social accountability
No child labour. Not in our mill, not in our supply chain.
Shahnawaz Classic Thread complies with Pakistan's child labour laws and treats every worker with fairness and dignity. This page sets out our commitments and the law we work under.
Our policy
What we commit to.
No child labour
We do not employ children. Everyone who works at our facility is of legal working age.
Age checked at hiring
Age is verified from official identity documents before anyone starts work.
Safe work for young workers
Workers under 18 are never given hazardous work, and are kept to the hours the law allows.
Free labour, fair treatment
No forced, bonded or coerced labour, and no discrimination or abuse in the workplace.
Remediation first
If an underage worker were ever found, they would be removed from work safely and supported to return to school.
Suppliers and partners
We expect the people we buy from and work with to meet the same standard.
Shared with customers
Compliance reports are shared with customers through Worldly and Sedex.
A way to raise concerns
Anyone can report a concern to us directly. See the contact details below.
The law
Pakistan's child labour framework.
Child labour in Pakistan is regulated by the Constitution, national law and provincial law. Because our facility is in Faisalabad, Punjab, the Punjab Act applies to us directly.
Article 25A
The State provides free and compulsory education to all children from five to sixteen years of age.
Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act, 2016
Bars an occupier of an establishment from employing a child, prohibits adolescents from the hazardous work listed in its Schedule, and limits the hours adolescents may work. It replaced the Punjab Ordinance of the same year and the Employment of Children Act, 1991 in Punjab.
Employment of Children Act, 1991
The earlier federal law that set the national baseline for restricting children's employment. It continues to apply in parts of the country that have not passed their own law.
ILO Conventions 138 and 182
The Minimum Age Convention and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention are the international benchmarks that Pakistan's child labour laws are framed around.
This page is a plain-language summary and not legal advice. Read the full text of each law for exact definitions, ages and penalties.
Audits & reporting
Shared with customers, not just claimed.
We share compliance reports with customers through Worldly and Sedex, so sourcing teams can review them on the platforms they already use. Our certificates are on the About page.
Worldly is the sustainability data platform used across the apparel and textile industry. SCT shares its sustainability and compliance reports with customers through Worldly, so buyers can review them in one place.
Sedex is a global platform for responsible business and ethical sourcing. SCT shares its labour and ethical-trade reports with customers through Sedex.
Report a concern
Tell us if something is wrong.
If you have a concern about child labour or working conditions connected to SCT, contact us directly. We will look into it.