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LHC frees 38 bonded labourers
"Bonded laborers"? You mean, like slaves?The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday recovered and released 38 bonded labourers including 22 children after they were held captives by a brick kiln owner. LHC judge Syed Sakhi Hussain Bukhari promised petitioner Muhammad Abbas that he could seek Kasur district police officerâs help against brick kiln owner Haji Yousaf. Earlier, the court bailiff produced all the detainees in the court. The freed included Muhammad Sultan, Muhammad Sooba, Nizam Din, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Hussain, Shafi Muhammad, Inayat Ali, Ramzan Ali, Zainab Bibi, Sughran, Zahida, Manzoor and Sharifan Bibi.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-06 |
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