
He was that kind of boy anyway

“The first time I sold my body was when I was eight years old,” says Naeem a-matter-of factly. Naeem is now thirteen, a runaway kid and a veteran of the streets of Peshawar, one of Pakistan’s most dangerous cities. He has been a child prostitute since he was eight and a drug addict since he was nine. The first time he sold his body, his junkie elder brother kicked him out of the house and told him not to return without earning some money. “My brother said by any means necessary,” Naeem continues. “I hadn’t been home in three days, so then I did it with a man in the park.”
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Filmed in Pakistan, June 2013 – February 2014
Clover Films for Channel 4
Haider has worked as a camera operator for over sixteen years in documentaries, news, studio-based talk shows, corporate videos, TV dramas, and short fiction films. He also teaches cinematography and media science at Iqra University and the Women Media Centre, both in Karachi. He is married with two children.
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