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Pakistan third on list of countries having highest number of enslaved people
Noor Aftab
Monday, October 21, 2013
From Print Edition
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan now stands third in the list of the countries having the highest number of enslaved people with children being subjected to forcible recruitment into extremist and non-state militant groups where they suffer physical and psychological abuse.
According to a Global Slavery Index 2013, it is estimated that there are between 2,000,000 – 2,200,000 people in various forms of modern slavery in Pakistan, a country with a population of over 179 million.
It points out that there are reports of children subjected to forced labour, begging and sexual exploitation in Pakistan, and forcible recruitment into extremist and non-state militant groups where they suffer physical, sexual and psychological abuse. There are also reports of child sex trafficking between Iran and Pakistan.
It states that a weak economy, the deteriorating security situation and rule of law, and a growing population have all contributed to an increase in reports of modern slavery, particularly of children and bonded labourers in Pakistan.
“Poverty and illiteracy are severe, both of which make people, especially children, vulnerable to various forms of modern slavery which occurs in Pakistan in primary industries, manufacturing, commercial sexual exploitation, forced begging and domestic servitude,” it says.
Referring to bonded labour in Pakistan it says it is one of the greatest problems in Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that 1.8 million people are bonded labourers, though many NGOs place the estimate much higher. Women in Pakistan also face significant discrimination and high levels of violence (with proportions as high as four in five women having faced some sort of domestic abuse).
The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) estimates 3.8 million children between the ages of five and 14 are working in Pakistan. Organ trafficking is a problem: in mid 2011 there were reportedly a total of 42 illegal kidney transplant facilities in the country, 14 of which are in Punjab.
It maintained that cultural practices play a significant role in modern slavery in Pakistan. Individuals belonging to lower kinship groups among the Muslims and scheduled castes among the Hindus are particularly vulnerable.
Additionally, Vaani and Swara are still practiced. These practices are methods of settling blood feuds between clans by forcing a young girl to marry a man from the enemy clan.Underlining the inefficiency of the ruling classes it says the government efforts to address modern slavery in Pakistan are poorly coordinated and executed. There are still large gaps in rules and regulations and no rehabilitation programmes for people affected by modern slavery seem to be in place.
“The budget allocated by the government of Pakistan to respond to modern slavery is not known. A lack of adequate labour inspection machinery was identified as a key reason by the ILO Committee of Experts in 2012 on its observations on Convention 29 as to why bonded labourers were not being identified and released in Pakistan,” it said.
There is no institutional mechanism for data collection and research. The national government sporadically publishes information on bonded labour and human trafficking. Little information about state budgetary allocations is available, and it is impossible on available information to get an idea of the size of the resources allocated to the issue country-wide.
Pakistan third on list of countries having highest number of enslaved people - thenews.com.pk
* One of the reasons why the feudal-military elite in Pakistan refused to accept an Awami League government in 1971 was this.
- The Awami League was in coalition with Pashtuns and Balochis of the National Awami Party and others, all of whom were leftists.
- If there was an Awami League government in Islamabad it is highly likely they would have abolished feudalism if not enacted major land reforms and distribution of land for the peasantry. East Pakistan (Bengal) abolished feudalism in 1950 and in Bangladesh it is possible for a boy from a village to become a cabinet minister through education not in feudal dominated Pakistan.
- The end or weakening of feudalism was unacceptable to the West Pakistani elite and the likes of landlords like Bhutto, as it would have ruined their power so they were petrified of Mujib and thus wanted a war, Bhutto actually wanted east Pakistan to not be part of Pakistan.
If Mujib and Wali Khan had become leaders of Pakistan in 1971 then with the subsequent abolition of feudalism, or weakening of it or redistribution of land, Pakistan would have become much more of an egalitarian society.
a: Feudal slavery would not exist due to peasants having their own land rather than being serfs/slaves for large landowners.
b: Pakistani politics would not be dominated by feudals (Zardari-Bhutto family are feudals, most senior Pakistani politicians are feudals with a few exceptions)
c: Urbanization in Pakistan would have occurred much quicker and at a faster pace thus resulting in more homogenization and loyalty to the nation-state of Pakistan, as happened in Turkey where the Muslim Turks, Laz, Cherkess etc all embraced loyalty to the Turkish Republic and Turkish nationalism.
However Pakistan lost its chance of an anti-feudal government in 1971 due to feudal landlord and traitor Bhutto and now has the third largest number of slaves in the world.
Liar, racist, deciever and traitor Ali Bhutto who claimed to be a socialist but ensured Pakistan remained a feudal state and with millions in slavery to this day.
He was executed as a criminal by the Pakistani military, some suspect because they knew full well this rogue and traitor instigated the loss of east Pakistan and the national humiliation of Pakistan.
Traitor Bhutto's son-in-law, Zardari, a feudal landlord and thug suspected of murdering Bhutto's son and some suspect of being involved in the death of Zardari's own wife, Benazir. Zardari is anti-Bengali and has interfered in Bangladeshi domestic politics speaking out in support for Jamati war criminals. Feudal landlords like Zardari dominate Pakistan and are the reason for rural slavery in Pakistan.
Noor Aftab
Monday, October 21, 2013
From Print Edition
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan now stands third in the list of the countries having the highest number of enslaved people with children being subjected to forcible recruitment into extremist and non-state militant groups where they suffer physical and psychological abuse.
According to a Global Slavery Index 2013, it is estimated that there are between 2,000,000 – 2,200,000 people in various forms of modern slavery in Pakistan, a country with a population of over 179 million.
It points out that there are reports of children subjected to forced labour, begging and sexual exploitation in Pakistan, and forcible recruitment into extremist and non-state militant groups where they suffer physical, sexual and psychological abuse. There are also reports of child sex trafficking between Iran and Pakistan.
It states that a weak economy, the deteriorating security situation and rule of law, and a growing population have all contributed to an increase in reports of modern slavery, particularly of children and bonded labourers in Pakistan.
“Poverty and illiteracy are severe, both of which make people, especially children, vulnerable to various forms of modern slavery which occurs in Pakistan in primary industries, manufacturing, commercial sexual exploitation, forced begging and domestic servitude,” it says.
Referring to bonded labour in Pakistan it says it is one of the greatest problems in Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that 1.8 million people are bonded labourers, though many NGOs place the estimate much higher. Women in Pakistan also face significant discrimination and high levels of violence (with proportions as high as four in five women having faced some sort of domestic abuse).
The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) estimates 3.8 million children between the ages of five and 14 are working in Pakistan. Organ trafficking is a problem: in mid 2011 there were reportedly a total of 42 illegal kidney transplant facilities in the country, 14 of which are in Punjab.
It maintained that cultural practices play a significant role in modern slavery in Pakistan. Individuals belonging to lower kinship groups among the Muslims and scheduled castes among the Hindus are particularly vulnerable.
Additionally, Vaani and Swara are still practiced. These practices are methods of settling blood feuds between clans by forcing a young girl to marry a man from the enemy clan.Underlining the inefficiency of the ruling classes it says the government efforts to address modern slavery in Pakistan are poorly coordinated and executed. There are still large gaps in rules and regulations and no rehabilitation programmes for people affected by modern slavery seem to be in place.
“The budget allocated by the government of Pakistan to respond to modern slavery is not known. A lack of adequate labour inspection machinery was identified as a key reason by the ILO Committee of Experts in 2012 on its observations on Convention 29 as to why bonded labourers were not being identified and released in Pakistan,” it said.
There is no institutional mechanism for data collection and research. The national government sporadically publishes information on bonded labour and human trafficking. Little information about state budgetary allocations is available, and it is impossible on available information to get an idea of the size of the resources allocated to the issue country-wide.
Pakistan third on list of countries having highest number of enslaved people - thenews.com.pk
* One of the reasons why the feudal-military elite in Pakistan refused to accept an Awami League government in 1971 was this.
- The Awami League was in coalition with Pashtuns and Balochis of the National Awami Party and others, all of whom were leftists.
- If there was an Awami League government in Islamabad it is highly likely they would have abolished feudalism if not enacted major land reforms and distribution of land for the peasantry. East Pakistan (Bengal) abolished feudalism in 1950 and in Bangladesh it is possible for a boy from a village to become a cabinet minister through education not in feudal dominated Pakistan.
- The end or weakening of feudalism was unacceptable to the West Pakistani elite and the likes of landlords like Bhutto, as it would have ruined their power so they were petrified of Mujib and thus wanted a war, Bhutto actually wanted east Pakistan to not be part of Pakistan.
If Mujib and Wali Khan had become leaders of Pakistan in 1971 then with the subsequent abolition of feudalism, or weakening of it or redistribution of land, Pakistan would have become much more of an egalitarian society.
a: Feudal slavery would not exist due to peasants having their own land rather than being serfs/slaves for large landowners.
b: Pakistani politics would not be dominated by feudals (Zardari-Bhutto family are feudals, most senior Pakistani politicians are feudals with a few exceptions)
c: Urbanization in Pakistan would have occurred much quicker and at a faster pace thus resulting in more homogenization and loyalty to the nation-state of Pakistan, as happened in Turkey where the Muslim Turks, Laz, Cherkess etc all embraced loyalty to the Turkish Republic and Turkish nationalism.
However Pakistan lost its chance of an anti-feudal government in 1971 due to feudal landlord and traitor Bhutto and now has the third largest number of slaves in the world.
Liar, racist, deciever and traitor Ali Bhutto who claimed to be a socialist but ensured Pakistan remained a feudal state and with millions in slavery to this day.
He was executed as a criminal by the Pakistani military, some suspect because they knew full well this rogue and traitor instigated the loss of east Pakistan and the national humiliation of Pakistan.
Traitor Bhutto's son-in-law, Zardari, a feudal landlord and thug suspected of murdering Bhutto's son and some suspect of being involved in the death of Zardari's own wife, Benazir. Zardari is anti-Bengali and has interfered in Bangladeshi domestic politics speaking out in support for Jamati war criminals. Feudal landlords like Zardari dominate Pakistan and are the reason for rural slavery in Pakistan.