The inhabitants of a remote village in Pakistan who stand just under 1.2m tall are fighting social stigma with hopes of living with dignity.
Karak village in Rawalpindi has over five hundred inhabitants and over a hundred have an average height of just 1.2m. The shortest person in the ‘dwarf village’ is Shabaaz who stands just 0.6m.
The villagers face a lot of trouble because of their dwarfism. They are disconnected from the mainland parts of the country and live among themselves.
They are married within known families and most have children also born with the condition. The children quit education after primary schools and work at eateries where they are given jobs easily as they attract customers, but the villagers are now fighting to
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