azmat has been helping tayya ba recover from her ordeal. in the home is another former child maid, fatimah. slightly older and more confident, she has taken tayyaba under her wing. tayyaba grew up in a small village about 200 miles south of islamabad. i went to meet her father to find out why the ten—year—old had to leave home to go and work for a judge and his wife. children aren't legally allowed to work in most businesses in pakistan, but despite calls from campaigners, in the vast majority of the country there is no ban on them working inside homes. children aren't legally allowed to work in most businesses in pakistan, but despite calls from campaigners, in the vast majority of the country there is no ban on them working inside homes. there are thought to be over 250,000 children working as domestic servants. some child maids end up working in homes alongside their mothers, orfind jobs in their own neighbourhood. but for others it is much more organised. there are employment agents acting as middlemen, and we are on our way now to meet

the couple employing her have denied mistreating tayya ba.nied mistreating tayyaba. as she told me she was beaten by the wife just for losing a broom. the children here are divided into houses, each with a specific carer, 01’ houses, each with a specific carer, or mother, to look after them. azmat has been helping tayyaba recover from her ordeal. tayyaba's best friend in the home is anotherformer child tayyaba's best friend in the home is another former child made, fatimah. slightly older and more confident, she has taken tayyaba under her wing. tayya ba grew up tayyaba grew up in a small village about 200 miles south of islamabad. i went to meet her father to find out why the ten—year—old had to leave home to go and work for a judge and his wife. children are not legally allowed to work in most businesses in pakistan, but despite calls from campaigners, the vast majority of the country has no ban on them working inside homes. there are thought to be over 250,000 children working as domestic servants. some child maids and up working in homes

came to give evidence, she initially confidently repeated the claims, but under cross—examination, tayyay noticed a change in her behaviour. in the notes here, it says that whatever the defence lawyers were asking her, she responded with a simple "yes sir." tayyaba's father, with help from his lawyer, had tried to get the charges dropped. but in this instance, the court refused to allow them to do so. as long as there are poor families in poor villages, there are likely to be child maids. ushad bibi and one of the agents are going about four hours south of islamabad to meet potential recruits. this family say they want to send their ten—year—old daughter to work in islamabad. a few weeks later, i get a call from tayyaba's father, and he says he wants to tell me the truth. tayyaba's father claims his lawyer was paid for by the suspects and convinced him to try and drop the case. it is hard to tell what really happened, but his account was corroborated by a second source involved in the negotiations. tayyaba's father's former lawyer says the claims are completely untrue and that tayyaba's

they were acquitted of all other charges, including assaulting tayya ba.r, because, she says, children should be in school and not working. you can watch the full documentary on pakistan's child maids this weekend on the bbc news channel or on bbc iplayer. lots of you are getting in touch about the story we had at quarter past nine about palliative care, and the difference in care you get in the difference in care you get in the south, far more, three weeks more, and average. pat got in touch via e—mail. "my husband had a rare blood cancer and after many treatments was told blindly in hospital there was no point continuing with the more as it wasn't working." "we were referred toa wasn't working." "we were referred to a local charity that offered pain relief but told nothing about expected outcomes. he was readmitted as emergency to a local hospital who then referred us to the palliative ca re then referred us to the palliative care team, but we were never offered hospice care, and within three days my husband was in a coma and we were never able to talk t