Aghaz-e-Safar — Season 1, Episode 2: United We Bargain, Divided We Fall
Talk • 40 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
This year will mark the two-year anniversary of the deadly blaze in Baldia Town which killed over 200 factory workers. We meet an inspirational group of people who are confronting long-suppressed issues of bonded labor, minimum wage and labour rights. Zulfiqar Shah, joint director of PILER, fears that health and safety conditions across factories in Pakistan remain alarming poor. Obaid ur Rehman, the President of a union of a five star hotel in Karachi, is among 150 workers defending themselves from low wages. Veeru Kohli is a former bonded laborer who managed to escape from a life of slavery and run for office in the 2013 national elections.
About Aghaz-e-Safar
A weekly talk show that seeks to highlight and understand the most pressing issues faced by Pakistanis today.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Protect Our Future
- E3Caring for All
- E4Reclaiming Our Space
- E5Up for Grabs
- E6Heading Towards Turmoil, Bullet by Bullet
- E7Green and White - Co-Existing Under the Flag?
- E8Behind Closed Doors
- E9Enabling the 10%
- E10The Last Drop: Pakistan's Water Crisis
- E11Unsung Heroes
- E12Our Tomorrow: A Reflection on Today's Educational System