Pakistani poor people hold dry bread as they are protesting against a kidney thief group during demonstration at Lahore press club. Mohammad Akram and Muhammad Aslam show their operation places where they remove their kidney and says he can no longer do heavy work. A poor family demonstrate against a kidney thief and usury group. Millions of other rural Pakistani, grow up facing a life of hardship. In an attempt to alleviate poverty, countless numbers take on debt with microcredit lenders, only to find themselves in a difficult situation when they are unable to repay the loan. Some have even t
Pakistani poor people hold dry bread as they are protesting against a kidney thief group during demonstration at Lahore press club. Mohammad Akram and Muhammad Aslam show their operation places where they remove their kidney and says he can no longer do heavy work. A poor family demonstrate against a kidney thief and usury group. Millions of other rural Pakistani, grow up facing a life of hardship. In an attempt to alleviate poverty, countless numbers take on debt with microcredit lenders, only to find themselves in a difficult situation when they are unable to repay the loan. Some have even turned to selling their organs as a last resort to repay the loans and escape the vicious cycle of idea of selling organs is not new and those in poverty throughout South Asia have resorted to it for years. But what is less known, is that more people are turning to the trade because of feeling under pressure to pay back microcredit lenders. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press)
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