Asmat is seriously ill, and her husband has been confined to bed after an accident. There is no source of income at home, making it extremely difficult to manage household expenses and medical costs. Their only son, overwhelmed by the family’s financial situation, has left his studies and now works at a school, earning only three thousand rupees a month—an amount that is far too little to support the entire household.

Far from Home, Still Jobless
On Thursday, First May – International Labor Day, the SHAUOOR Welfare Foundation team visited a well-known labor point near Data Darbar, Lahore, where workers on daily wages sit in the scorching sun, waiting for work—often in vain.


