Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Pakistan has 2.3 million people, or around one per cent of the population, working in conditions it labels modern slavery. The Faisalabad-based advocacy organization Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) assumes this number to be much higher. The most common form of these working conditions is bonded labour. Focal Forms of modern slavery in Pakistan.
Withheld wages; unfair labour relations; confinement; physical and psychological control. Poor, landless families; women in debt bondage; poor and illiterate women and children. Middlemen/ brokers; owners and landowners.Pakistan is home to one of the largest brick kiln industries in the world, with more than 18,000 brick kilns operating across the country. These kilns are responsible for producing an estimated 60 billion bricks each year, which are used for construction and other purposes. A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks.
The reasons for the persistence of bonded labour in Pakistan
The primary reason that compels labourers into bondage is poverty. The lack of social safety and security nets to counter poverty has led people to accept loans and end up in the debt trap. And we can free these families and give them a chance for a good life and please have join us to freedom for those families.