Lubna Raza - Ehsaas Kafaalat Program
(Raja Bazaar Rawalpindi)
Lubna Raza is a Kafaalat beneficiary hailing from the metropolis of Rawalpindi. She has two sons and one daughter. The elder son Ibad Ali studies in a local government school in 6th class. The younger son Ali Raza is mentally and physically disabled and she is the primary caregiver for his health and wellbeing. Her daughter Dau e Zainab has turned 3 years old this summer and keeps her awake through the night as they don’t have electricity for most of the night. Her husband Zulficar Hussain is a laborer and earns daily wages, his work was severely impacted during Covid and he often suffers from weakness and fatigue. They live in the basement store room of a run down, dark and damp 100-year-old house in one of Rawalpindi’s oldest neighborhoods called Raja Bazaar. The rented 3 storerooms are makeshift bedrooms for 3 families and the common area with a sink and stove are shared by her mother, an unrelated widow and her children and her family has one room.
