KARACHI: Sindh Ministry of Labour has submitted its initial report in the deadly factory fire in Karachi to the Sindh Government on Thursday, Express News reported on Thursday.
According to the report prepared by Director Labour-West Division, the factory had not been registered under the 1934 Factories Act and the organisation had also failed to submit a Letter of Occupation to the concerned authorities.
An organisation is bound to submit a Letter of Acceptance and or Permission Letter to the authorities.
The ministry said it had tried to survey the factory again but the ongoing rescue operation had hindered their investigation and they could not collect more evidence.
Earlier, Sindh Labour Minister Ameer Nawab had claimed that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah had stopped him from taking action against factories violating labour rules.
According to the initial inquiry report of the fire, negligence on part of the factory owners and government departments resulted in the incident, Express News had reported, though cases of murder have been registered against the factory owner.
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Occupational Safety and Health Laws in Pakistan What are the laws in Pakistan relating to the issues of occupational safety and health?
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For export purposes all such units needs ISO certifications that gives certificates on all procedures being followed and shared with all employees. This certifications requires inspections.
Insurance companies also do their risk assessments after complete inspection of the factory and they make sure that all safety parameters are in place. If that factory was insured than that inspection records would be available in their files along with their reports.
@Khurram: Ministry of industry has nothing to do with operational issues. It is ministry of labour who is directly responsible for "OSH" Occupational safety & health of labours.
Unfortunately we start blaming each other instead of learning a lesson from that. OSA, Occupational safety, health & working environment is directly comes under the ministry of labour and there are laws available in Pakistan yet not implemented with a view to provide safety at works.
Ministry of labour is directly responsible in all factory operational matters concerning to labour welfare, safety & security. This gross criminal negligence was 80% attributed towards the factory management/owner directly responsible for not ensuring or compliance with basic safety rules to make sure emergency exits doors and other safety parameters in place.
Labour ministry was involved since they did not bother to have complete inspection report of the factory regarding number of employees, insurance, safety at works etc.
Similar incident happen in Lahore with same criminal negligence.
In case of any fire the evacuation time is not more than 10 mins that is depending on number of people either working there.
In case of fire human lives are very important since 90% die because of no oxygen or suffocation. Had there been three safety exit doors 99% of human lives could have been saved even if there was delays in fire tenders.
This could be a lesson for all and they must ensure proper safety exit doors in each factory, school, cinema, markets, bank, apartments, offices,transportation. etc.
lies 100% lies i have seen that factory registered on TDAP webiste it was registered there is some thing big bigger the government wants to hush it up higher ups are involoved
The main thing is that the Americans didn't do it. Inshallah we can cope with losing 300 odd unfortunate and god forsaken workers whome we killed ourselves......
why MQM get blame of everything if Mostopha Kamal was at act this would not get that worse MQM minister.and workers were their from the start this may be done by bhata mafia as per new information we need new ordinance as soon as possible we need someone like Kamal who owns Karachi
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui:
Industry Safety Inspections under the Sindh Boiler Act and Pakistan Boiler Act fall under the Directorate of Industries that works under the Ministry of Inustries. Its also the ministry that has the mandate to issue NOC to industries.The Minister is one Arif Siddiqui of MQM. He has been the minister since Mush era.
not even a word from the President, Prime minister and the honorable CJ...no way. besides, when we know a tragedy at this scale is underway, why did nt we call army and trained commandos of the military to make a hasty passage or take any extreme measures? And the MQM's Industry minister should resign immediately...Not a word from Altaf Hussain?
Why bother? Is anything going to come out? Khuda ke hawale chod kar matti pao??!
What a joke?
The government of the province has become dysfunctional!
The Judicial Commission formed by the Sindh High Court should not accept the plea of Ministry of Labour, Government of Sindh that the burnt factory was not registered by the Labour Department and the organisation has not submitted a letter of acceptance to the concerned authorities.
The ground reality is that Labour Department, Govt. of Sindh is the most corrupt department of Pakistan as its employees and officers goes to every nook and corner to illegal bribes from the factory owners.
Due to the corrupt practices of the Labour Department, not a single case has been registered against any factory owner in respect with the dispute between the employees and the employers due to one simple reason that palms of the employees and officers of the Labour Department are greased by the factory owners, therefore the Labour Department compromise with the legal demands of the labourers, such as minimum salary fixed by the government, casual leave, earned leave, sick leave, letter of appointment and annual leave.
The Chief Minister of Sindh after 259 people who were the sole bread earners of their families have been killed due to wire should immediately tender his resignation due to incompetence.
Them how did the factory get the electricity connection, business account on bank, export license, and contracts? So, by no not registering the factory was also not paying taxes?
It is the provincial minister of Industries who is responsible for these killings. Had it been some other country, he would have certainly been defrocked from his post and convicted by the agencies. But Alas! here MQM rules and no member of MQM will ever be taken to task by the government. Our government is busy in framing a biased and a failed Local government system whereas poor people are dying in hordes,