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Ahmed Ali Akbar, Amna Ilyas and Resham's Next Film Investigates Iqbal Masih's Murder

By Nighat Akbar Shah 1 min read
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Iqbal Masih became a debt slave in a carpet factory aged 5. Set free when he was 10, he helped other child slaves escape, becoming a symbol of the struggle against child labour. He was killed aged 12. Here his mother and sister demand the arrest of his murderer.

In 2009, the US Congress named an annual award after him that is given to activists fighting to end child labour.

The new film starring Ahmed Ali Akbar, Amna Ilyas, and Resham investigates the circumstances surrounding Iqbal Masih's tragic murder and the quest for justice that followed.

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