Ghazala’s household is one of many unfortunate families devastated by addiction. Her husband has been absent for a year, leaving her to work as a housemaid, barely managing daily meals. Unable to pay rent, her highly intelligent children are deprived of education.

Meesam’s Unfulfilled Dreams
Shakeela Bibi is currently in iddat (the period of mourning after her husband’s death), and her young son goes to the city to work as a laborer to make ends meet. But poverty has pushed their lives to the brink of starvation.


