Tag: Minimum Wage

70-Year-Old Man Arrested for Repeatedly Raping Minor in Ghizer A 70-year-old man has been arrested in Ghizer for raping a minor. The incident occurred in...

Issue of missing persons remains priority; Justice Azam Nazeer ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar reiterated on Wednesday that resolving...

A group of employers have challenged Rs 25,000 minimum wage for unskilled workers in Sindh High Court

Wah Saddar police in Taxila have registered a case against three suspects for confining and gang-raping a 14-year-old girl over the course of three days. According to the FIR, the suspects lured the girl by threatening to spread objectionable videos of her on social media if she did not meet them. For more human rights stories, keep reading.

May 6th, 2021; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; The Punjab government has announced raising minimum monthly wage to 20,000 but labour rights activists point out that lack of implementation mechanism has left out millions of workers being paid the bare minimum under the law.

Rahim Yar Khan Additional Deputy Commissioner-General recommended lodging cases and expelling four monitoring and evaluation assistants (MEAs) under the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 after it was found the officials were sexually harassing teachers at during visits to girls schools. For more stories on human rights abuses, keep reading.

March 16th, 2021; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; The Sindh High Court has expressed its shock over the massive exploitation of unskilled workers, observing that the minimum wage policy has not helped raise their income