Speakers at the launch of a book on the media crisis in Pakistan said the media in Pakistan works within an increasingly repressive environment with attacks on press freedom coming from all fronts.
Call for paying minimum wage, implementing SHC verdict
Karachi
April 4, 2021
Speakers at a seminar have demanded that the government ensure the payment of minimum wage to all the workers, especially janitors of the civic bodies, security guards and filling station workers.
The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (Piler) held a seminar titled âSituation of Implementation of the Minimum Wages Lawâ at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. Leaders of various trade unions and civil society groups attended the programme.
Rights activist Naeem Sadiq said the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (Sessi), the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) and the provincial labour department should implement the March 10 decision of the Sindh High Court (SHC) for paying minimum wage to the janitorial staff.