THEIR bodies coated with disease, filth and humiliation, sanitation workers unclog gutters without any protective gear. Pakistan’s unsung essential service providers often die in sewers as poisonous gases block their breath. A report by Amnesty International and the Centre for Law & Justice has underlined the deep-seated prejudice based on caste and faith that not only stigmatises a line of work, but also enables social alienation. The Islamabad High Court has declared that the constant deaths of “Christian labourers engaged in........

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