Sabir Masih…had been killed by a brick kiln owner in Lahore, first tied to the chimney of a kiln and then thrown inside…But the murder of such men...was common…Another narrative that had become ensconced in the labourers’ collective memory was the rape of a young woman, hours before she was due to be wedded. She had been taken to the brick kiln owner’s court, where he and later his staff raped the girl…This is not how it was supposed to be. The Supreme Court of Pakistan, on September 18, 1988, had outlawed the practice of bondage…[The] Federal Shariat Court…noted that despite the Supreme Court’s judgment, cases of bonded labour are still being reported. The Court was at a loss to understand why the decision is not being implemented.