Someone aptly said “Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food”. Parents wishfully aspire a hunger free life, quality education, and shelter to name a few for their children- oblivious of the hard realities in a capitalist world. Hunger is one no mother would want to inherit her child, yet millions of poor housholds in Pakistan have no option but passing their poverty on to the generations.
One such downtrodden woman named Noreen Bibi who is living from day to day with four children and an unemployed husband in Taramri, Rawalpindi. She is struggling to feed her 6-member family on a meager income working as a maid.
Unable to feed, Noreen, with the utter mortification, has announced to donate her 2-year-old son Ali to childless families or to those who may be well enough to feed him. Criticizing the prevalent Islamic values in the ‘land of pure’, she said if poverty was her fate, she would request Christians, Ahmadis or any others to nurture his beloved kid for the sake of his better future. Poverty is the mother of crimes and I am left with no other option, she said.
Noreen has three daughters besides Ali. Her husband Khalid Malik was an employee in Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Company Limited (PTCL) in Rawalpindi but was axed a few years back and is jobless since.
Talking to this scribe, Noreen said, “I am living in Rawalpindi in a single room on Rs 3000/ monthly rent. I am suffering various diseases including asthma, high blood pressure, and heart ailments. My husband gets paid on labour a day and can find nothing the other day. Many a times I went to government schools to seek admission for my kids but they refused to admit them on the grounds that they don’t know even ABC,” Noreen said mournfully.
Noreen said family disaster occurred as soon as my husband was fired illegally from a government department and now there is no hope for tomorrow. She requested philanthropists at large to contact her on her cell No. 03365011070.
In charge Edhi Foundation (EF) Islamabad Capt (r) Javed Ahmed, extended a helping hand to Noreen and commented that selling or putting up beloved children for adoption due to sheer poverty was now a common phenomenon in the country. He said basically it was the responsibility of the state but nonetheless the foundation would do whatever it could for Noreen.
Talking to Daily Times Vice Chairman (VC) Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Najmud Din, said it was a gruesome situation and Noreen was not the only case, rather there were millions of such cases not only in Pakistan but all over the world due to poverty. “The government should move to tackle these issues of poverty, education and health as they are the fundamental rights of every individual and responsibility of the state. There are a few government-run organizations working for this very purpose and they must play their part. There are millions of IDPs living in various places due to natural calamities and are facing the same plight. People of Pakistan themselves helped them out whereas the governmental organizations remained in slumber mode,” Najam said.
One such downtrodden woman named Noreen Bibi who is living from day to day with four children and an unemployed husband in Taramri, Rawalpindi. She is struggling to feed her 6-member family on a meager income working as a maid.
Unable to feed, Noreen, with the utter mortification, has announced to donate her 2-year-old son Ali to childless families or to those who may be well enough to feed him. Criticizing the prevalent Islamic values in the ‘land of pure’, she said if poverty was her fate, she would request Christians, Ahmadis or any others to nurture his beloved kid for the sake of his better future. Poverty is the mother of crimes and I am left with no other option, she said.
Noreen has three daughters besides Ali. Her husband Khalid Malik was an employee in Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Company Limited (PTCL) in Rawalpindi but was axed a few years back and is jobless since.
Talking to this scribe, Noreen said, “I am living in Rawalpindi in a single room on Rs 3000/ monthly rent. I am suffering various diseases including asthma, high blood pressure, and heart ailments. My husband gets paid on labour a day and can find nothing the other day. Many a times I went to government schools to seek admission for my kids but they refused to admit them on the grounds that they don’t know even ABC,” Noreen said mournfully.
Noreen said family disaster occurred as soon as my husband was fired illegally from a government department and now there is no hope for tomorrow. She requested philanthropists at large to contact her on her cell No. 03365011070.
In charge Edhi Foundation (EF) Islamabad Capt (r) Javed Ahmed, extended a helping hand to Noreen and commented that selling or putting up beloved children for adoption due to sheer poverty was now a common phenomenon in the country. He said basically it was the responsibility of the state but nonetheless the foundation would do whatever it could for Noreen.
Talking to Daily Times Vice Chairman (VC) Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Najmud Din, said it was a gruesome situation and Noreen was not the only case, rather there were millions of such cases not only in Pakistan but all over the world due to poverty. “The government should move to tackle these issues of poverty, education and health as they are the fundamental rights of every individual and responsibility of the state. There are a few government-run organizations working for this very purpose and they must play their part. There are millions of IDPs living in various places due to natural calamities and are facing the same plight. People of Pakistan themselves helped them out whereas the governmental organizations remained in slumber mode,” Najam said.
