The report pointed out that conviction rates in the country remain low compared to the magnitude of the problem. Earlier the same year, the Trafficking in Persons Report by the US State Department downgraded Pakistan from Tier 2 to the Tier 2 watch list. Over 10,000 cases of human trafficking and smuggling were reported in 2020, by Federal Investigation Agency’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit. The accurate description of how women in brothels are sold and treated serves as an eye opener in a society which refuses to talk about such grave issues. From her childhood, Naseem has had a passion for cricket but is unable to pursue it because her father is influenced by a "religious" man named Naeem. Naseem’s story reminds the audience of how few choices are accorded to middle-class women. All his plans come to a halt when he falls into the hands of the beggar mafia and thieves.
He is abused by his poverty-struck mother and teacher, yet he finds it in his heart to run off to the city to earn for his mother. Then there's the story of Jamshed, a dear friend of Rakhi. The drama focuses on the struggles of a suppressed, helpless young woman who refuses to succumb to the extortion of Aunty Jee, the manager of the brothel. She then becomes a victim of human trafficking and is renamed Sumbul, who becomes the highest earning sex worker in a brothel owned by a powerful figure. Rakhi, who is the most beloved daughter of her potter family is married off at age 11 to an adult man to lift the burden of a loan her family took to provide for her elder sister’s dowry.
The stories of Rakhi, Jamshed and Naseem are crafted well by playwright Amna Mufti in three different timelines. Dil Na Umeed To Nahi, which airs on TV ONE and PTV Home, sheds light on the hidden aspects of society, aiming to promote open debates on topics as sensitive as human trafficking, women’s education, PTSD, dowry and physical and psychological impacts of trauma on children.
0 kommentar(er)
