Tag: Labour

Labour minister urges leadership qualities in students

Punjab Labour Minister Haji Ehsan-ud-Din Qureshi on Saturday asked the teachers to inculcate leadership abilities in the students to develop confident and energetic young...

Nawaz meets traders, labour unions leaders

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met representatives of labour and trade unions, here on Tuesday. The opposition leader, who is currently...

Training on women in media from today

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is going to launch the largest media training programme on a thematic issue in Pakistan’s history from today (Thursday)....

Over 600 industrial units remained closed for fourth day

More than 600 industrial units, most of them value-added and export-oriented textile units, were remained closed in Faisalabad region on the fourth consecutive day...

Life in capital returns to normalcy after Eid holidays

Life in Islamabad was back to its normal hustle and bustle on Monday when most of the people returned from their hometowns after Eidula...

Spare the rod

Pakistan was one of the first countries who ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child (UNCRC) whose article 19 clearly enunciates...

KESC labour union men granted bail

A sessions court on Friday granted bail to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) labour union leader Akhlaq Ahmed and 29 others in a case...

Balancing labour and innovation

The world of today is evolving very fast and with it humans feel the urge to keep up with the speed of change. Technology...

KESC labour leaders’ case sent to sessions court

The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi, Justice Maqbool Baqar transferred a case against the labour leaders of the Karachi Electric Supply...

BLLF addresses abolition of bonded labour

Bonded Labour Liberation Front, Pakistan (BLLF) held a seminar on the topic ‘together we can eliminate bonded labour’ for the abolition of bonded labour...

Love’s labour lost

Love marriages have always been considered stronger than arranged marriages prevalent in Pakistani tradition, largely because both partners in the relationship actually want each...

Shahid Nadeem on labour representation in theatre

Shahid Mehmood Nadeem, director at the Ajoka Theatre on Thursday delivered a lecture on representation of workers rights and labour movements in theatre at...

Govt Fails to Implement law Against Child Labour

Owing to the government’s failure to implement its own laws, child labour in almost every part of the country including the federal capital, is...

Strauss gets back on track as India labour

England Test captain Andrew Strauss warmed up for next week's first Test against India by scoring a quick-fire 78 as Somerset reached 329-2 against...

CS seeks report on labour colonies

Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Raja Muhammad Abbas has called for a comprehensive report from the labour secretary on the situation of labour colonies located...

Chileans in command as Uruguay labour in Copa America

After Brazil and Argentina had served up dull fare in their opening matches, the Copa America finally caught fire Monday as Chile came from...

Child labour must be eradicated, says Fehmida

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza stressed upon the need to eliminate child labour from the country and promote education at a national conference...