Tag: Workers
US seek to protect health workers under ‘religious freedom’
WASHINGTON: The US government is seeking to further protect the “conscience and religious freedom” of health workers whose beliefs prevent them from carrying out...
10 workers died after bridge collapse in Colombia
BOGOTA: Ten construction workers in central Colombia were killed Monday when a section of the bridge they were working on collapsed.
The disaster occurred around midday...
LHC orders release of 13 brick kiln workers
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the release of 13 kiln workers, including two women and five children.
Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq passed...
Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary observed in Lahore
LAHORE: The 10th death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto was observed in the provincial capital with a pledge to continue her mission for the progress...
PTI Karachi does not pay attention to our issues, industrialists tell...
KARACHI: The representatives of Korangi Association of Trade and Industries (KATI) on Wednesday told the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan that PTI Karachi...
Reservations of workers, leaders in NA-120 will be addressed: Maryam Nawaz
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday assured disenchanted local leaders and party workers in the NA-120 constituency that their reservations will...
Role of polio workers to eradicate disease in Sindh lauded
KARACHI: Sindh Emergency Operations for Polio Eradication Coordinator Fayaz Jatoi has lauded the efforts made by polio workers in Sindh and the headway made...
Seven workers hired for Orange Line Train project perish in Lahore...
At least seven workers hired by the Habib Construction Company to work on the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project were burnt to death...
Unpaid Pakistani workers to fly home from Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of Pakistani construction workers are to fly home from Saudi Arabia this week but without the salaries they have waited months to receive,...
Indian minister visits Saudi to repatriate 10,000 stranded workers
A junior Indian foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a mission to bring home 10,000 laid off Indian workers stranded in...
Workers’ remittances rise 6.38% to $19.9bn in 2015-16
The country received an amount of $19.915 billion in remittances from various countries during the last fiscal year (2015-16), up by 6.38 per cent...
DIG orders all-out security for Chinese engineers, workers
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operation Dr Haider Ashraf, chairing a meeting to review security arrangements for Chinese workers, on Thursday issued orders for a...
Suspect’s father claims Rangers asking him to declare son criminal in...
A Karachi resident has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) accusing Sindh Rangers of demanding that he write a letter saying...
MQM takes oath of allegiance from workers
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has taken an oath of allegiance from its workers that they will remain loyal to the party’s founder, Altaf...
Karachi airport firing: ‘Criticism of security forces inappropriate’
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that it was inappropriate to criticise the security agencies in political statements without any...
PPP will regain glory with support of workers, people: Bilawal
PPP chief alleges PML-N failed to implement NAP
Asks govt to abandon policy of running with hare, hunting with hound
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal...
Remittances rise 6.26% to $9.7 bln in first six months of...
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said that the overseas Pakistani workers’ remitted $9.735 billion in the first six months (July to...
