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Pakistan: Bonded labour traps thousands, despite law in place against modern slavery

Last Updated: Pakistan: Bonded Labour Traps Thousands, Despite Law In Place Against Modern Slavery The bonded labour system makes poor peasants work for free to pay their debts. There is an act against the system however government has failed to implement it. Image: AP Despite the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 2015, thousands in Pakistan were trapped in the under bonded labour system revealed research carried out by Hari Welfare Association (HWA). As per one of the researchers, Khaskheli, the Pakistani Government has failed to implement the Act releasing individuals and families trapped in bonded labour by influential landlords. Under the bonded labour system labourers are completely or partially forced to work without pay to pay off their debts. 

Bonded labour trapping thousands

Bonded labour trapping thousands KARACHI: As a country we gained independence nearly 74 years ago but there are many of us who are not yet free. It was in 2016 that the Sindh Assembly passed The Sindh Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 2015 and five years down the line, the law still awaits implementation. Thousands of peasants remain entrenched in servitude under bonded labour and the provincial government has yet to form vigilance committees in all districts to ensure their freedom. Under the law, the bonded labour system refers to forced or partly forced labour, whereby individuals and their families are compelled to work without pay to pay off their debts. It is mostly peasants and brick kiln workers, who fall prey to such agreements with rich creditors. What starts off as a small loan can leave generations of a family trapped into bonded labour.

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