The Sindh High Court has directed the chief secretary and others to file a comprehensive report along with suggestions and amended composition of the commission under the coal mining laws for the protection of the mining workers. The direction came on a
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), in collaboration with NADRA and local organizations such as SPARC, has taken a major step toward transforming the lives of marginalized communities in Sindh—particularly brick kiln workers who previously lacked legal identity. NADRA Mobile CNIC Registration
KARACHI: A peaceful protest was organised by the unions of home-based workers and informal self-employed workers at the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) head office on 19th May against the non-issuance of social security cards. Women home-based workers and informal workers’
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders on 30-April-2025 reiterated that the pro-labour laws passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh would be enforced in the province at any cost. They were speaking at a programme held under the aegis of the Peoples Labour
KARACHI: As workers worldwide commemorate International Labour Day, the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) hosted a seminar on 30th April to address one of the most pressing issues facing the country’s labour force: the failure to implement minimum wage
At least 21 sanitary workers died in manholes and septic tanks in five year HYDERABAD: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), while censuring the Sindh Local Government Department over the recent deaths of two sanitary workers in Umerkot, has lamented that the
The conference underscored severe, ongoing issues in the textile and garment industries KARACHI. Experts and union leaders demanded on January 24 that employees in the garment and textile industries be given their due rights, including standard salaries and protections, while rejecting the
IN the 1960s, governments started introducing labour welfare schemes primarily comprising benefits such as medical care and cash benefits, old-age pension, housing, free school education, share in company profit and employment for differently abled persons. The medical and pension schemes require regular
PAKISTAN’S first comprehensive occupational safety and health (OSH) profile exposes the inadequacies of worker protection in a country where over 72m people constitute the formal workforce. It arrives against a backdrop of preventable industrial tragedies: the 2012 Baldia factory fire in Karachi,
A silent epidemic of mental health issues is sweeping through workplaces and institutions in Pakistan, leading psychiatrists and mental health experts warned on 21 October 2024 and called for legislative changes to mandate mental health support across all sectors. Speaking at a