Sohail Sikandar RanaSupervised by Prof. Dr. Sahib Zari Rafiq2026-09-012026-09-011996http://repository.uop.edu.pk/123456789/498The North West Frontier Province of Pakistan is divided into nineteen districts and seven lribal Agencies. Almost every one must have seen the shabby looking children both boys and girls begging with their hand spread out asking for alms in the streets. This deplorable condition presents a very pitiable sight to any sensitive mind. This plight of a human being can not be ignored by an average person. The major cities of N.W.F.P. including Mardan, Mingora, Peshawar, Mansehra, Kohat, Bannu and D.I. Khan were selected through proper sampling techniques (given in chapter- 3). The sample size was restricted to 352 child beggars, 100 parents & 100 religious scholars as respondents. Three sets of interview schedules were designed for the child beggars, their parents and the religious scholars with a purpose to test the validity of hypotheses (given in chapter 3) and to know about the reasons for adopting this profession, with other objectives in view (given in chapter-3) and finally to give suggestions and recommendations for the improvement of life the beggars andalleviation of beggary. For pre-testing interview schedules were tested on 12 respondents to check repetition of questions. arrangement of questions and language mistakes. The interview schedules were thus improved and finalized after necessary modifications. After data collection the same was analyzed and tabulated. Subsequently research findings were analyzed. On the basis of which conclusions were drawn; and suggestions and recommendations were given for convenience of the readers. A list of bibliography has been given at the end of this Thesis. The study was conducted to find out the reasons for children being involved in beggary, to know about their socio-economic conditions and to suggest ways and means to help them to adopt any other respectable profession. a. It was deduced from the study that most of the beggars (children) were forced by their parents to join it in order to meet their daily needs. b. Majority of the beggars were living below the poverty line which forced them and their guardians to stick to this profession. C. Majority of the beggars were not ready to give-up this profession and to learn any other useful skill to earn their live lihood.enThesis