PM promises subsidised air tickets for overseas workers
islamabad — Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday announced the launch of “MazdoorKa-Ehsaas” initiative in a message on World Labour Day.
In his message, he said that the initiative “is one of the pillars under the government’s social protection and poverty alleviation programme.”
It will be aimed at developing social protection measures for workers in the informal sector.
The premier also highlighted the policies undertaken for the welfare of overseas Pakistani workers under the Ehsaas initiative.
The steps include enhancing the number and quality of institutional arrangements that are responsible for protecting migrant workers, creating online interfaces to facilitate them and subsidies on air tickets for the workers who have not returned home for seven years. Imran said that his government was trying to “strengthen the labour market and have a plan to create 10 million jobs over five years in key sectors like housing, SMEs, ICT, health, education, green economy and tourism”.
“The government is focused on regulating labour market along with a job placement mechanism supported by public-private partnerships to improve skill matching; enforcement of minimum wages; employees social welfare and measures against workplace harassment,” Imran said.
He said that Pakistan joins the global community to commemorate the Labour Day and pay tributes to the heroic struggle rendered by the workers in Chicago for upholding their rights.
“I take this opportunity to felicitate the workers with the belief that they will become our partner in realising Naya Pakistan,” the premier added.