For some, there’s little to celebrate on even Eid

What the Eid-ul-Fitr festival will bring for 10-year-old Ihsan Ali, a child-labourer in this giant industrial city in central Pakistan, can be anybody’s guess as he continues to fight poverty as the religious festivity draws closer.

Ali earns a paltry Rs1,500 a month for his four siblings and the parents who have pinned high hopes on the young bread-winner. Although he is short of resources, he has the will to “conquer poverty which is not less than any Eid for me”.

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