The child rape victims of Quetta
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Thirteen-year-old Nazeer* has been frequenting Quetta´s Liaquat Bazaar, famous for stocking mobile phones, clothes and locally made ornaments. The teenager, whose family settled in the city after fleeing Afghanistan, is nonchalant about the daily horror he endures: `I have sex with men for money. And this bazaar has many clients.` He has already met a `client´ earlier today. The man was a local shopkeeper who took the boy to a hotel and carried out the act for Rs150. Nazeer says he had to haggle with the man to get the price above Rs100. The teenager was first abused when he was nine by a neighbour who lived along the city´s seven-kilometre Sabzal Road. `He said he would pay me. I...