Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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15 minutes outside of Pakistan’s capital and wealthiest city, Islamabad, there exists brick factories — where laborers make $3 for every 1000 bricks that make. We went to one of these factories to investigate

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0:00 Intro
0:35 Islamabad (Pakistan’s Wealthiest City)
0:57 Brick Factory
1:13 How Bricks are Made
2:00 Rahimullah
2:25 Child Labor
3:12 Women?
3:32 How Much They Are Paid?
5:23 Grateful
6:37 Afghan Deportation
8:40 His Bags Are Packed
10:45 Shocking Secret
11:40 Outro

episode 42 (still correct)