"Bruised Maid Dies at 12 and Pakistan Seethes"

In your February 6th article about child labor in Pakistan, the author talks about the injustice surrounding the death of a 12 year old girl at the hands of her employer, a prominent lawyer. Apparently, this is not all that uncommon in Pakistan, where the poor are often forced to allow their children to work for unfair wages in order to supplement any meager income flow of the adults in the family. If the meager income is so vital to the family's survival, than a raise of wage couldn't but help the situation. This 12 year old girl's family has received some compensation from the media, however her abuser is unlikely to receive penalty. This is a gross violation of human rights that is due to the fact that there is such a huge class difference between those being abused, and their abusers. Is this not reminisce of the child labor that took place during the Industrial Revolution of the United States? The solution then was to impose strict child labor laws. I see no reason this could not work here, especially if as the author says, the whole of Pakistan is "seething" and wants to correct this problem.

Hannah N.