Mining is a dangerous job in Pakistan

Miners pose for a photograph

Source: Pakistan Today

The mining sector is an important source of income for the government of Pakistan. However, thousands of workers who work in the mining industry put their lives at risk and every year about 200 workers lose their lives in their work environmnents.


Currently, there are about 350 thousand people working working in the mining industry and a majority of the workers belong to Shangla district of Khyber Pakhunkhwa. Islam Gul Afridi has conducted some interviews with the members of the families who lost their lives in the mining sector and you can listen to more details in this report.


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