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Two weeks ago in the Punjab province of Pakistan, a Christian teenage shepherd died of rabies after an Islamist “feudal lord” allegedly refused medical treatment to the boy.
Nasir Masih, 15, perished June 10 in the southeastern Village 48 NB, on the outskirts of the city of Sargodha, after the landowner kept the severely sick teenager at his farmhouse to work and concealed his illness for 41 days, his family told BosNewsLife.The Muslim landlord, identified as Nawaz Wirk, had no comment. The case has underscored concerns over Christian teenagers and younger children being held in slave-like conditions in this predominantly Muslim country. Struggling family members in rural areas often send children to landowners as they have no financial means to provide for their children.
The teenager’s parents were not informed until he was in the final stages of the disease. Finally, he was taken to hospital, but it was too late.
Soon after, the landlord allegedly warned the parents not to inform police saying he would otherwise file a case of "blasphemy against Islam" against the Christian. Rights and church groups say blasphemy laws, which carry prison sentences and even the death sentence, have often been misused to settle disputes.
Christian politicians in Pakistan have urged authorities to prosecute the landowner. The parents are still awaiting justice.
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