We all talk about issues like child labour and human rights, but we fail to understand that all this is possible in the countries that have achieved their basic goals, such as providing free basic education (matriculation) as well as health facilities. Pakistan is not a welfare state and it seems ...

UNITED NATIONS : Bangladeshi lawmakers will receive an agreed upon labour reform package next month to improve the nation’s working conditions, the UN labour agency Sunday aid wrapping up a high-level visit to the South Asian country still reeling from the deadly collapse of a garment ...

LAHORE - Labour leaders on Thursday said that political parties make mere tall claims in election campaign to give rights to working class but actually do nothing for the welfare of the labourers after coming into power. “Political parties will be pressurised to fulfil their pledges made in ...

  seoul   North Koreasaid Thursday it had sentenced a Korean-American tour operator to 15 years' hard labour for "hostile acts", stoking tensions with theUnited Stateswhich had pleaded for his release. Kim Jong-Un's isolated regime is likely to use the detainee as a bargaining chip, ...

KARACHI  - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) organised May Day rally to commemorate the declaration of labour rights. The rally demanded better wages, facilities and environment for the labourers.Zulfikar Thaver, as representative of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), ...

    damascus   Syria's President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public visit on Wednesday to an electrical plant in centralDamascusto mark Labour Day, the presidency's official Facebook page said. "President Assad is now visiting the Umayyad electrical plant ...

As the story goes, one of our ex-ministers was invited to the inauguration of a new ward in a government hospital. On his way to the ceremony, he noticed a board with a writing ‘Labour Room’ hanging outside. He very gladly turned back and congratulated the doctor for taking care of the ...

Every year on May 1, people across the world, including Pakistan celebrate Labour Day as a public holiday. A few arrange get-togethers to enjoy the much needed holiday while others spend it either watching TV, playing games or sleeping in all day. The idea is to gain as much from this day as one ...

RIYADH  - Abdel Qayum had to borrow money back home in India to buy a Saudi labour visa, but with new curbs on foreigners in the kingdom the construction worker could be deported even before paying off his debt."I paid an equivalent of $4,000 in India to get a work visa in Saudi Arabia," said ...

UNITED NATIONS – An estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour across the Middle East, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) reported Tuesday at the first regional conference on human trafficking, The UN agency highlighted in particular the visa ...

RIYADH  - Like many expatriates in Saudi Arabia, Umm Hajar, a 30-year-old Moroccan beautician, stopped going to work two weeks ago fearful of government inspectors checking her residency status.She has lived in the capital Riyadh with her Egyptian husband for two years, but while they both ...

RIYADH  - Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest economy, is cracking down on illegal workers as part of a push to create more jobs for its citizens and stave off unrest.Inspectors have fanned out across the country, raiding places where they suspect illegal workers are employed, Labour ...

KARACHI - Representative organisations of trade unions and labour right activists Thursday urged the government to immediately start health and safety inspections of all chemical and garments factories in Pakistan.The inspection should be done through provincial labour departments especially in ...

KARACHI - Following the tragic incident of fire in garment factory, which claimed over 250 lives in Karachi, the Labour Department of Sindh government has issued directives to the owners of all the factories to get registered industrial units with one week.The Sindh Labour Department has no ...

KARACHI – The Labour Party Pakistan on Wednesday demanded the government to immediately arrest those responsible for the two blaze incidents in factories in Karachi and Lahore, and that the heirs of each victim be given Rs 1 million compensation money. In a statement, LPP spokesperson Nisar ...

KARACHI – The Labour Party Pakistan on Wednesday demanded the government to immediately arrest those responsible for the two blaze incidents in factories in Karachi and Lahore, and that the heirs of each victim be given Rs 1 million compensation money.  In a statement, LPP spokesperson ...

BAHAWALPUR - Like other parts of the country, the International Labour Day was observed here on Tuesday with great enthusiasm and passion. Different programmes were held by numerous organisations to mark the day with the pledge to continue hard work for national progress and prosperity and welfare ...

RAWALPINDI - The labour community of the city observed International Labour Day on Tuesday with traditional zeal and fervour to pay homage to the sacrifices of Chicago martyrs and highlight the maladies being faced by working class in the country.In this regard, the labour unions throughout the ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday resolution of problems faced by the labourers of the country is top priority of the sitting government and announced to increase labour wages from Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000. Addressing a ceremony to mark the Labour Day here Tuesday, Syed Yousaf Raza ...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday declared May 1st (Tuesday) as bank holiday on the occasion of Labour Day.According to a press release, the SBP and all offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation, including the Public Debt Offices, will remain closed on Tuesday, the 1st May, being Public ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed to seal the office of District Officer (DO) Labour established in residential area.A bench of LHC comprising Justice Khalid Mehmood Khan heard a petition regarding presence of government office in residential colony.Petitioner Abida Ameen told the court that ...

LAHORE - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that proprietary rights of the residential flats in labour colonies would be given to the industrial workers so that the dream of workers having their own house could be materialised. He said that all modern facilities have been provided to the labour ...

LAHORE – The Labour Department Wednesday, after a detailed meeting with the industrialists, decided to withdraw existing Labour inspection performa and announced to redesign it with the consultation of the business community.The decision was made at a meeting of Chairman Lahore Township ...

In the year 1969, the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969 (IRO 1969) was promulgated by repealing numerous statutes namely East Pakistan Trade Unions Act 1965, East Pakistan Labour Disputes Act 1965, West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordinance 1968 and the West Pakistan Trade Union Ordinance 1968 ...

LAHORE - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday visited the under-construction Labour Complex at Defense Road and reviewed the pace of work of the project. Provincial Minister Ch Abdul Ghafoor, Secretary Labour and other officials accompanied him. Shahbaz said that flats would be allotted to the ...

MUHAMMAD IRTAZAMULTAN - Although Muhammad Ismael, 55, doesn’t know how old he was when he started working with his parents at a brick kiln, he can exactly tell that all of his siblings are sharing his burden since the day they ceased crawling and stood on their feet-just to pay off a ...

ISLAMABAD Islamabad Police on Friday recovered 11 persons including four children and two women who were forced for the labour work at a kiln after being exploited by the kiln owner, a police spokesman said on Friday. According to details, Nazeer Ahmed submitted an application in Supreme Court ...

KARACHI - Shan Foods observed Labour Day with reaffirm commitment towards the dignity of labour and to pay tribute to the valiant and heroic struggle of the workers of Chicago, who sacrificed their lives for the fundamental rights of their fellow workers, says a press release.

LAHORE - The working class all over the country commemorated 1st May i.e. International Labour Day with great fervour by holding rallies and demonstration and taking out procession across the country protesting against the economic and social injustice and anti-labour laws prevailing in the country ...

LAHORE - Railways Mehnat Kash Union of Workshops held dialogue with PR D.S Workshops and PR DPO for the implementation of labour laws. According to press release issued here on Tuesday, the representatives of union including Muhammad Saddique Baig, Zahid Hussain, Qadeer Khan, Maqbool Ahamd, Abdul ...