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In this file photo, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar at a news conference in Islamabad. DawnNewsTv/File
ISLAMABAD: Protecting the most economically marginalised and vulnerable groups is the top priority of the government, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Senator Dr Sania Nishtar said.
She expressed these views at the launch of a report, Mazdoor Ka Ehsaas, held by the Ehsaas Delivery Unit, Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division, in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Ms Nishtar informed participants that a bill envisaging inclusion of workers from informal sectors of economy has already been presented in the Senate. She said the report will provide the government a strategic dimension to implement its approach towards protecting vulnerable segments more effectively.
Daily Times
May 2, 2021
Ehsaas launched ‘Mazdoor Ka Ehsaas’ report on the occasion of International Labour Day 2021 to safeguard labour welfare.
The report was launched on Saturday in a webinar, which was co-chaired by Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar and Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Syed Zulfikar Bukhari.
Addressing the webinar, Dr Sania Nishtar said, “Our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was the first person to stand for the rights of workers when he said to pay the worker his wages before his sweat dries.”
She said the MKE report is the first of its kind that will help the government focus on universalising the social protection system in Pakistan and with a particular emphasis on including informal economy workers in the fold of social protection. The special assistant said Labour Force Survey 2017-18 micro-data suggests that 24.89 million workers are at-risk for jobs disrupt