Senate Passes Resolution To Implement Minimum Wages Decision

The Senate on Monday unanimously passed the resolution recommending the government to take necessary steps to implement the minimum wages, announced for labour and workers in the budget 2018-19, in letter and spirit

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :The Senate on Monday unanimously passed the resolution recommending the government to take necessary steps to implement the minimum wages, announced for labour and workers in the budget 2018-19, in letter and spirit.

The resolution was moved by Senators Mushtaq Ahmad and Senator Sirajul Haq.

Leader of the House in the Senate Shibli Faraz said that the minimum wages was very relevant matter and said that there was a need to work on a mechanism with research work for having effective impact on the issue.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said that the government will fully ensure implementation of its decision of minimum wages and suggested heavy fines on factories which were violating the decision.

The House also passed the resolution of Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi, recommending the government that it should take immediate steps for the creation of Hazara Electric Supply Corporation.

The House also passed the resolution of Senator Mian Muhammad Attique Sheikh recommending the government to ensure the availability of essential lifesaving medicines in the hospitals under the administrative control of the Federal Government and should also make it mandatory for the administration of those hospitals to display the lists of such medicines for the information of the general public.

The Senate passed the resolution of Senator Kauda Babar and recommended the government to take effective steps to protect and promote the rights of local fishermen of Gwadar and to provide them alternative sources of income under the CPEC, in case they lose their livelihood as a result of any project.

The resolution also recommended the government to take steps for provision of vocational and other training to the local people of Gwadar in order to bring them up to the requirements of the modern times and to enable them to cope with the challenges and opportunities to be brought by the CPEC.

The resolution recommended to coordinate with the provincial government of Balochistan to promote education in the area under the umbrella of CPEC.

The resolution also recommended the government to take necessary measures to ensure that local people are given preference in skilled labour force and to ensure maximum recruitment of unskilled labour force from amongst the locals in all projects of CPEC in the area.

The resolution recommended to take measures to preserve the demographic balance and ownership rights of local population ofGwadar and to make legislation, if required, to protect the same against theexpected large scale migration into Gwadar.