Microcephalics in Pakistan

Some priests, chooha (Urdu for rat)-masters, or perhaps even parents in Pakistan, purposefully deform healthy infants by placing pots or metal clamps on the heads of healthy infants and so retard the growth of the brain.  These microcephalic or nanocephalic children are known as "Rat Children"'Rat Children' are sold off by their families to begging mafias, who exploit a tradition that the "rat children" are sacred offerings to Shah Daula, the shrine's 17th century Sufi saint in Pakistani District of Gujrat.
 
This practice is based on illiterate beliefs, financial constraints and religious exploitations. There is a dire need to raise a voice aginst this mal-practice and launch a whole-hearted effort to stop this crime against humanity in a methodological manner.