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Pak textile producers engaged in violation of labour laws

There was a serious concern regarding the grave violation of labor laws by the The National Labour Council and the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research. Especially on local brands such as Khaadithat do not provide safe working conditions to its workers and terminate the labourers when they demand their due rights. The workers have still not been reinstated in spite of ongoing protests and instructions of the National Industrial Relations Court. NLC and Piler leaders Karamat Ali, Latif Nizamani, Habibuddin Junaidi, Shafiq Ghauri, Saeed Baloch observed that local textile manufacturers often hire workers through the third-party employment system. The workers are paidRs15,000 per month which is less than the official minimum wage amount also, the wages would be deducted if the workers took any emergency leaves.

On the other hand the workers have been complain that they work for over 12 hours instead of the designated eight hours and are not paid overtime for the extra hours put in. The owners demand more productions per worker when they receive additional orders. A millions of rupees has been earned from their sales in local markets, especially during Ramazanand no proper payment is done to their employees. The working conditions in factories of the textile brands are unsafe as most of the companies often lock doors from the outside during work hours on the pretext of avoiding theft, the labour leaders maintained.

The labour inspection system is inadequate as the number of inspectors available with the department is far smaller than the number of industries. The labour laws has been exploited by the manufacturers the reason being the citing deaths of over 250 workers in the Ali Enterprises fire the officials continued that the high number of casualties occurred because the owners had locked all the exit points from the outside. The labour leaders further demands that the employers must ensure safe working conditions for laborers, provided with their respective rights.

 
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