Some 2 million Pakistanis – roughly 1.130% of the country’s population – especially children and bonded labourers, are thought to be enslaved, according to the report.
The report defines modern slavery as involving “one person possessing or controlling another person in such a way as to significantly deprive that person of their individual liberty, with the intention of exploiting that person through their use, management, profit, transfer or disposal.”
They sure its only 2 million?
THAT definition is not very specific and can fit to alot of different things around the world! Leaves me to question what sort of research was conducted and was it only targeted to a certain term that they were looking for that fit the definition because, media giants, fashion industry, drug lords, tobacco tycoons, prostitution pimps, and many other things can fit in perfectly well too!!!
Terming debt-bondage as the most prevalent form of modern slavery in Pakistan, the report identified Punjab and Sindh as hotspots of bonded labour, with brick making, agriculture, and carpet weaving industries leading destination for such ‘slaves’.
According to the report, Pakistan ranks sixth on index in terms of prevalence in the country with 1.130 per cent of total population trapped under modern slavery.
I would term culture boundedness and social conscious as a slavery!
half of the approximately 10,500 brick kilns in Punjab remain unregistered.
Well, when elites rule, they dont see this as mismanagement...nor do they even look at it as a problem...it hits the blind spot...Heck it even hits the blind spot of the normal human beings who dont pay zakat and the corrupted poor who steal even when they have "enough" or those who have sufficient but always linger for more....
If everyone did their jobs (from employers to lawmakers, to regulators, to those who the local neighbour to report and for those who take in the report to implement the laws the lawmakers made....) it could be minimized...
Decrying provincial governments’ lack of interest, despite the devolution of powers to the provinces, including responsibility for labour, child protection, and women’s protection after the 18th amendment in the Constitution, the report said that there is no single national-level body exists to oversee a coordinated response to the modern slavery challenges that Pakistan faces.
could have saved me time from typing had I read along...
Cross-border human trafficking remains under the purview of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, but there is no national level mechanism to address internal trafficking, said report.
Another heartburn!
kept in captivity by armed guards or their family members become virtual hostages
Thats no slavery thats just bullying!
farmers and landlords in Sindh
Of course the root source
Farmers, who are referred as ‘Hari’ under these unofficial contracts, are required to give up their entire yield to the landlords who employ them and are paid only in produce. In order to meet living costs beyond food and shelter, these farmers are forced to borrow money from their landlord, which reinforces the cycle of poverty, debt and forced labour.
The cycle....Everyone knows it but anyone opening their mouths either ends up loosing their job, is found dead, or just disappears or just gets paid off
stinky people!
What the hell can you get a 5yr old to do
