Laborers

Faisal Saleem  Khanewal: In the red dust of the brick kiln, childhood is burned away along with clay. Among the morning lines of laborers stand young girls called workers, though they are children trapped by poverty, gender, and silence.…

News Desk  Peshawar: Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of five additional coal miners trapped in a mine collapse in the Tora Warai area of Kurram district, bringing the total number of victims to six. According to rescue sources,…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: Under the blistering sun on the outskirts of Peshawar, 40-year-old Qudratullah pushes a heavy wheelbarrow stacked with bricks at a dusty construction site in Wapda Town. His daily toil is a fight to sustain his…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: As Pakistan grapples with economic challenges, the country’s most vulnerable segments including laborers, farmers, women, children, elderly citizens, and people with disabilities have borne the brunt of increasing…

APP Islamabad: In a tragic incident, unidentified gunmen shot and killed seven laborers in Khudabadan, a locality in Panjgur District of Balochistan, in the early hours of Sunday. According to police officials, the laborers,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The Punjab government’s recent announcement of increasing the minimum monthly salary of laborers to Rs 37,000 is nothing more than a hollow promise in a country where laws often exist only on paper.…

News Desk  Lahore: The Punjab government issued a notification on Friday raising the minimum wage of laborers to Rs 37,000. According to the notification, the daily wage for laborers will be Rs 1,423, and the new rates will be…

APP Quetta: The Balochistan government has decided to enroll around 400 children of laborers in higher educational institutions across the country on a scholarship basis this year. The Labour and Manpower Department has registered 200…

News Desk  Balochistan: At least two workers were killed and 18 others injured in two landmine blasts that occurred in Daki district of Balochistan on Thursday, sources at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said. As per Dawn News,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: May Day, globally hailed as Labor Day, bears profound symbolism beyond mere commemoration. In Pakistan, however, it represents a stark dichotomy – a national holiday masking the grim reality of exploited…