Sargodha, March 17 -- Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has expressed deep concern over the death of a young Christian labourer, Marqas Masih, who was brutally harmed and killed while working under exploitative conditions at a rural farmhouse.

The incident has renewed serious concerns about bonded labour, the safety of religious minorities, and equal access to justice in Pakistan.

HRFP fact-finding team responded to a call received through HRFP's REAT Helpline and visited the site where Marqas Masih was found dead at his workplace in District Sargodha, where he had been employed above four years by Muhammad Mohsin Kharal and his father Muhammad Basharat Kharal.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the victim's elder brot...