VIII. Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by Ali Dayan Hasan, researcher with the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. Brad Adams, director of the Asia Division; Jim Ross, general counsel and Joseph Saunders, deputy program director, edited the report. It was reviewed by Zama Coursen-Neff, counsel to the Children's Rights Division and Sam Zia-Zarifi, deputy director of the Asia Division. Jo-Anne Prud'homme, Liz Weiss, Andrea Holley, Veronica Matushaj, Jagdish Parikh, Fitzroy Hepkins, and Jose Martinez provided production assistance. Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the input and assistance of Aasim Sajjad Akhtar and the Peoples' Rights Movement (PRM), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Asma Jahangir, Reza Ali, Sahr Ata-ullah, Ahmed Rafay Alam, Ayesha Salma Karriapar and the office bearers and members of the Punjab Tenant Farmers' Association (AMP).

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