Take just a couple of minutes to watch this inspirational video which tells the remarkable story of Iqbal Masih- a Pakistani Christian boy only 12 years old when he was assassinated, on 16 April 1995, for his work on raising awareness about the evils of child labour in Pakistan

Apr 18, 2020 | News

Take just a couple of minutes to watch this inspirational video which tells the remarkable story of Iqbal Masih

He was a Pakistani Christian boy only 12 years old when he was assassinated, on 16 April 1995, for his work on raising awareness about the evils of child labour in Pakistan. Iqbal said he wanted to be the Abraham Lincoln of Pakistan. His story and the continuing suffering and exploitation of minorities in Pakistan deserves to be widely known and widely shared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz0pP13z7ao

For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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