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Eight-year-old maid’s death spurs calls for child labour reform in Pakistan

Pakistan child and mother

Karachi, PakistanThomson Reuters Foundation The brutal death of an eight-year-old maid has caused outrage in Pakistan, prompting the government to propose changes to legislation governing child labour. Zohra Shah was taken to a hospital in Rawalpindi, in Punjab province, on 31st May with serious injuries, and she died soon afterwards. Police have arrested the girl’s […]