Inside Pakistan's Brick Kilns Where Millions Are Trapped in Modern-Day Slavery

July 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Facing brutal working conditions, including temperatures that can reach upward of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, around 150 families work every day to hand over their quota of 1,500 bricks to the kiln owners.

Bilawal Bhatti and Maqbool Ahmed

Many of these families are stuck in debt bondage and work to repay their loans. They make $1.50 a day and are told another $1.50 goes toward their debt. However, as there are no set contracts or conditions to these debt agreements, the families often don't know how much money they owe, how much interest is being added onto their debts, or how much longer they will have to continue to work before the debts are repaid.

Source: Insider

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