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Iqbal Masih (Punjabi: اقبال مسیح; 1 January 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995.
Iqbal was freed after years of slave labor in a Pakistan rug factory but was then murdered at 12 for fighting child labor. Watch video and read his story.
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy who fought against child labour until his death at the tender age of 12. When he was 4, he was sold by his parents to a carpet weaving company to work as a carpet weaver.
Jan 15, 2020 · Iqbal Masih was a young Pakistani boy who became an activist against bonded child labor. He became a martyr for his cause when he was murdered at age 12.
Apr 16, 1995 · Anyone who knew Iqbal Masih, the 12-year-old boy recently assassinated in Lahore, Pakistan, by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer, was struck by his brilliance.
This short graphic novel tells the story of Iqbal Masih, a boy in Pakistan who was forced into slavery, got free and fought the slavers, and was murdered.
Apr 16, 2020 · The inspiration behind this annual observance is 12-year old Pakistani Christian slave, Iqbal Masih, who was assassinated on April 16, 1995, for exposing the country’s ‘carpet mafia’ that thrived on child slaves.
May 3, 1995 · Anyone who knew Iqbal Masih, the 12-year-old boy recently assassinated in Lahore, Pakistan, by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer, was struck by his brilliance.
Aug 4, 2018 · Iqbal was killed in Muridke on April 16, 1995, shortly after returning from a trip to America. He was only 12. His funeral was attended by as many as 800 mourners.
Apr 30, 2020 · Iqbal Masih was born in 1983 in Muridke, near Lahore, Pakistan. His family was poor and had borrowed 600 Rupees (less than US$5) from a local owner of a carpet weaving business. Iqbal, just four, became a bonded labour and was required to work for the weaver until the debt was paid off.
