Almost thirty years ago, a boy named Iqbal Masih was shot dead near Lahore. He was twelve, the age most children should be in ...

Oscar-winning Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid has directed a new short film about child labour that offers a rare glimmer of hope. The animated film Iqbal Masih Ka Bachpan traces the efforts of the ...

Chennai-based lawyer-activist Lalitha Natarajan has been awarded the 2023 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labour, the US Consulate said here said on Tuesday. US Consul General Judith ...

A lot of what I read on Facebook turns me off — homespun philosophy, quotations by famous people, witticisms, some with double entendres, beauty pageants, announcements that somebody is just about to ...

In a recent pastoral letter, the Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla and the Apostolic Administrator of Cordoba, Juan Jose Ansenjo Pelegrina, called for “the eradication of child slavery” and said April ...

The author and Dawn.com regret the errors and inconvenience caused. Campaigning on behalf of destitute children in Pakistan can earn millions for NGOs in the west. However, those millions are often ...

On April 16, 1995, Easter Sunday, a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun claimed Iqbal Masih’s life in the village of Muritke near Lahore. Belonging to Pakistan's impoverished Christian minority, Iqbal ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the recipients of the 2024 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor, recognising outstanding efforts to eradicate the worst forms of child labour ...

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