He received many awards for his bravery and for his determination of fighting against child labor. Iqbal Masih was born in Pakistan in 1982. Iqbal Masih's tragic murder in April 1995 sparked a movement against child labour in Pakistan where millions of children are forced to work because of abject poverty. Iqbal Masih was born in a small village on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, in 1983. He faced the hardships of life from a very young age and kept on facing until he killed for raising his voice against child labor. Iqbal is sold. Iqbal's mother, Inayat, worked as a housecleaner but found it difficult to make enough money to feed all her children from her small income. He escaped, and was eventually saved by Ehsan Ulla Khan, founder of the Bondage Labor Liberation Front.

Iqbal Masih who became the victim of child labor at a very young age. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!! He explained that after a few months the pain in his legs kept him from sleeping, and that the Paishgee would never stop growing from the loans being taken out by his mother. Iqbal did not go to school.

On that day, Iqbal became free both physically and emotionally.

Iqbal’s mother Inayat, who worked as a housecleaner, bore the responsibility of taking care of all her children, doing odd jobs in houses in Lahore. He lived in Muridke, near Lahore. Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy, living life in a nightmare. By Iqbal Masih When he was just ten years old, Iqbal Masih escaped from the factory where he had worked (making carpets, since age 4) to attend a Freedom Day celebration held by the Bonded Labor Liberation Front (BLLF), a human rights organization that fights against forced labor.

Iqbal Masih was born in Muridke, a small, rural village outside of Lahore in Pakistan.Shortly after Iqbal's birth, his father, Saif Masih, abandoned the family. Sometime after Iqbal’s birth, Saif Masih deserted the family. or any speeches that Iqbal gave during his life would be useful. Does anyone here know of where i could find the speech that Iqbal Masih gave in acceptance of the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1994? Iqbal Masih was BLLF's leading campaigner. Education was not compulsory or widely available in Pakistan. While Iqbal’s mother worked, his older sisters took care of him and his older siblings. He was a slave, and worked on looms until the age of ten. ! Then he stood up: “My name is IQBAL MASIH.” With a trembling voice, he continued to tell, in his native Punjabi, of the sweatshops in which he had worked. At the age of four, his father sold him to a carpet store for twelve dollars. In 1982 a baby boy was born to Inayat Bibi and Saif Masih.