Post by daisy on Mar 28, 2006 7:03:44 GMT -5
international humanitarians and the government of pakistan should take serious notice of this inhuman practice which is not only a gross violation of human rights but also a crime against humanity.
the rat people of pakistan:
to some, they are victims of cruel abuse, to others,
they are messengers from god.
thousands of beggars can be seen on the streets, writes akhtar soomro from Karachi, but some of them are different. people call them 'chuwas' from their rodent-like appearance.
the name means 'rat'
the chuwas are then hired like monkeys to professional beggars on a contract basis, where their deformities attract the sympathy and the small change of the passers-by
in this way one chuwa can make as much as 7,000 rupees a month for his minder - the salary of a middle-graded pakistani civil servants.
www.europaworld.org/issue54/theratpeople261001.htm
the rat people of pakistan:
to some, they are victims of cruel abuse, to others,
they are messengers from god.
thousands of beggars can be seen on the streets, writes akhtar soomro from Karachi, but some of them are different. people call them 'chuwas' from their rodent-like appearance.
the name means 'rat'
the chuwas are then hired like monkeys to professional beggars on a contract basis, where their deformities attract the sympathy and the small change of the passers-by
in this way one chuwa can make as much as 7,000 rupees a month for his minder - the salary of a middle-graded pakistani civil servants.
www.europaworld.org/issue54/theratpeople261001.htm