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News Topical, Digital Desk : The latest report of the international organization Amnesty International has raised concerns over the increasing cases of caste and religion-based discrimination in sanitation work in Pakistan. The report states that a system has been designed to harass marginalized communities in the country. These communities do not even have basic labor rights and human respect.
Christians and Hindus are classified as low castes in Pakistan
Amnesty has also warned that minorities are trapped in this vicious cycle. In the Amnesty report, Christians and Hindus engaged in sanitation work are classified as lower castes and are forced to do dangerous, low-paid work.
The report prepared in this way
The report, prepared in collaboration with Pakistani rights group Centre for Law and Justice, is based on interviews with 230 workers in Lahore, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Umerkot, Islamabad and Peshawar.
Caste and religion dominate hiring
According to Amnesty International, 55 percent of the people said that caste and religion dominate hiring. Only 44 percent of sanitation workers are permanent, while 45 percent do not have any documents. Because of this, municipal officials do not give them any benefits. 55 percent of the workers have suffered from diseases ranging from skin diseases to respiratory diseases.
At the same time, 70 percent say that they cannot refuse to work in inhuman conditions because they will be fired from their jobs immediately. There is no provision in the Constitution of Pakistan to stop discrimination against minorities.
Such are the inhuman conditions for minorities
A man from Bahawalpur said that he had applied for the job of an electrician but was selected for a cleaning job because the recruiters found out that he was a Christian. He said that if you are a Christian, then the only job available for you is cleaning.
There are no respectable names for such people. Women also face discrimination on the basis of gender. They are also discriminated against in public places and separate utensils are kept for their use.
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