Carpet Factory Iqbal Masih

Overview of iqbal masih.

Carpet factory iqbal masih.

A victim of bonded labour he was put to work at the age of 4 by his parents to pay off their debt of rupees 600 borrowed from an owner of a carpet factory. In return iqbal was required to work as a carpet weaver until the debt. In order to make sure he won t escape he and other children were kept tied to the chains. At age four he was put to work by his family to pay off their debts.

Iqbal s family borrowed 600 rupees less than us 12 00 from a local employer who owned a carpet weaving business. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside lahore in a poor christian family. For the unseen children of hussain khan s carpet factory iqbal masih s arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. Iqbal became a debt slave at an early age for the owner of a carpet factory who then sold him on.

This is the story of a courageous thirteen year old boy who knew that his life was worth. Iqbal masih was a pakistani boy who fought against child labour until his death at the tender age of 12. Iqbal masih was born in muridke a small rural village outside of lahore in pakistan shortly after iqbal s birth his father saif masih abandoned the family. When he was 4 he was sold by his parents to a carpet weaving company to work as a carpet weaver.

Despite working 14 hour days six days a week iqbal never earned enough money to pay off the debt the cost of his apprenticeship his tools his food fines for his mistakes or the rising interest. At 4 years of age iqbal was sold by his father into bonded labour in a pakistani carpet factory in punjab in order to get his family a loan to pay for the wedding of iqbal s oldest brother. Iqbal s mother inayat worked as a housecleaner but found it difficult to make enough money to feed all her children from her small income. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside of lahore in punjab pakistan into a poor christian family.

Iqbal became one of the many child bonded laborers at the carpet factory. But it is also iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future.