Pakistani sewage worker dies after three doctors on Ramadan fast allegedly refused to touch him
World Watch Monitor A Pakistani Christian sewerage cleaner has died after three doctors allegedly refused to treat him till his sludge-covered body had been washed; they said their Ramadan fast would be invalid (“makruh”) because he was “unclean” and also belonged to a low caste. (The word for low caste, “chuhra”, especially derogatory, is reserved for sanitary workers and […]