Karachi, Oct 13, 2025 (AFP) - 'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan

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2025-10-13

From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi. Like millions of Pakistani children, she is a household helper, an illegal but common practice that brings grief to families often too poor to seek justice. "Alongside my mother, I cut vegetables, wash dishes, sweep the floor and mop. I hate working for this family," said the 13-year-old, who leaves her slum neighbourhood......

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