We met Ali Raza near Minar-e-Pakistan while he was collecting plastic bottles from the trash. At an age when he should have been in school—reading books and playing with friends—circumstances forced him to shoulder household responsibilities prematurely.

5 Hours of Mental Torture
An Orphan, the Only Support for His Ill Mother, Mentally Tortured Over Unpaid Debt
“Have you seen the one who denies religion? That is the one who repulses the orphan…”
(Surah Al-Ma’un, Ayah 1–2)


