43 bonded labourers released from Khuzdar after HRCP petition

Quetta, 20 November 2021. Following a petition filed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), 43 bonded labourers were released in Ornach in the district of Khuzdar, where they had been working for a local landlord as agricultural labour. The labourers are from Hyderabad’s Hindu community, where a relative had approached HRCP’s Hyderabad office to lodge a complaint concerning their situation. The complaint was then forwarded to HRCP’s Quetta office.

Subsequently, HRCP filed a petition with the Balochistan High Court, where a division bench comprising Justice Hashim Khan Kakar and Justice Nazeer Ahmed Langve ordered the deputy commissioner of Khuzdar to recover the labourers and produce them before the court. Following this, the high court directed that they be returned to Hyderabad.

Hina Jilani

Chairperson