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Japan, Pakistan to ink MoU on import of manpower today
SAPM Bukhari says the agreement will enable locals to work in 14 sectors of Japan
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Touting cheap labour
The solution is to focus on workers’ training, skills enhancement to bring them on a par with international standards
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UK's Johnson 'sorry' for Brexit delay
Criticises Trump after his remarks that the deal struck with EU would prevent a future Britain/US trade agreement
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ILO working to improve labour welfare in Pakistan
Official emphasises ratifying and implementing global labour standards
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Qatar to end controversial migrant worker restrictions
The restrictive system required foreign workers to obtain permission from their employers to leave the country
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Saeed Ghani censures Centre for not lowering petrol prices
Criticises PTI for not opposing MQM-P’s attempt to change Sindh’s territorial boundaries
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Rawalpindi social sector indicators improve
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Report shows eight per cent increase in live births ratio
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650,000 workers registered with SESSI: labour minister
Govt aims to increase the registered workers to one million in coming fiscal year
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Britain’s longest nightmare
Theresa May is most certainly going to be defeated in parliament for an embarrassing fourth time this June
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Main UK parties take Brexit battering in local elections
Conservatives losing seats in southern England and Labour in the north
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Workers’ welfare
PM Imran announces on International Labour Day the launch of ‘Mazdoor-Ka- Ehsaas’ initiative
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PPP introduced first labour policy: Kundi
'Labourers have played pivotal role in development of the country'
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Japan turns to foreigners to decommission Fukushima plant
Launches new visa statuses to attract foreign workers and ease the impact of the nation's shrinking workforce
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Cheap labour can attract foreign firms to Pakistan
Task Force on Textile chairman says we should take advantage of this in CPEC
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Australians go to the polls in a 'fair go' election on May 18
Opinion polls predict the coalition of Liberals and the Nationals party is headed for a resounding defeat
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UK minister sees Brexit deal with Labour, opposition wants flexibility
Labour says ruling has made no political declaration of intent on the future relationship with Brussels
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Once dominant, Israel's Labour party struggles ahead of elections
The party has seen its influence wane since Israeli politics has shifted to the right
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Occupational safety of the blue-collared
Labour laws must be separately categorised for those working in industrial and production units or construction sites
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Key issues in Israel's upcoming elections
As Netanyahu faces a pre-indictment hearing on corruption charges
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Senate panel calls for taking measures to promote industry
Auto industry official says $1.5b investment expected in vehicle manufacturing
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Looking for closure
Absence of labour or industrial laws in public and private sector enterprises in Pakistan
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Alleged medical malpractice claims woman’s life in Lahore
Her husband says doctors left surgical clamp inside his wife after she underwent a C-section
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UK's Labour Party hit by fresh anti-Semitism row
Britain's main opposition Labour Party was embroiled in a fresh row Wednesday over anti-Semitism
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'Pregnancy rotas' add to Japan working women's woes
Employers regulate pregnancies of Japanese women
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Labour Laws must address women workers’ issues
Provinces yet to adopt federal legislation as required under the 18th Amendment
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Labourer, family illegally detained by landlord
Victims kept in confinement for over a year, said police
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Sindh announces first-ever tripartite labour policy
Policy addresses issues of child labour, trade union and women workers
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ICT plans to end child labour in capital
A separate court had also been constituted in Islamabad Capital Territory Administration for trial of labour challan
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Measures for betterment: 235 special people recruited on daily wages
Facilitation cell for special people have been established at social welfare offices
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World Bank report highlights issues for Pakistan’s labour force
Says increasing population, significant barriers to expansion of SMEs threaten growth
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Fighting the race to the bottom
The ideological fragmentation and myopia we see in our world today is perturbing
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Qatar 'to introduce' minimum wage for workers
No details given of when the minimum wage would be introduced or at what level
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Keeping a check: Performance of SESSI, workers welfare board reviewed
Labour minister directs officials to complete projects on priority basis
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Epidural pain meds do not slow labour: study
Women whose drugs were halted experienced increasing levels of pain as labour went on
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Three Karachi labourers die after falling into chemical tank
Two others rescued; bodies and injured shifted to Jinnah hospital
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Women pickers toil unprotected in cotton fields
At the end of the day women labourers carry their bundles of blooms to be weighed
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Global leaders commit to eradicating modern slavery
Launched last year, forum aims to expand public-private partnership to eradicate modern slavery
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Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens
Report says an average of 3 to 4 workers die in quarry accidents in south India each year
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Shifting sands for expat labour
For decades, Pakistan has exported manpower to the region, but that flow has been suddenly interrupted
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Challenges to child protection
The lack of awareness breeds aloofness in our social behaviours and we turn a blind eye to victim’s plight
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Enabling supply chain exploitation
Such keenness to increase revenues can also enable serious exploitation of workers
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Factors that constrain labour productivity growth
Living standards could fall unless more is invested in research and education
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Indian migrant worker dies after leaving Qatar World Cup venue
Qatar's government has denied claims there are higher instances of heart attacks among construction workers
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Keep the faith, former UK PM tells Labour activists as defeat looms
Gordon Brown makes his first political intervention ahead of a June 8 vote which may see Conservatives ease to victory
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Women’s participation in labour increasing
The information has been disclosed by a country-wide data being compiled for the State of Pakistani Cities report
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PPP leader Lateef Mughal passes away
The politician and labour leader had been battling cancer for 13 years
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OPF to launch project for returnees
OPF is set to launch a project for reintegration of returnee workers in Pakistan and assist them in finding jobs
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Are Indians and Bangladeshis replacing Pakistani manpower in Gulf countries?
SBP last week announced that remittances fell by nearly 2% during the first seven months (July 2016 to January 2017)
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Robot arms replace factory hands
95 per cent of job losses are due to automation and computer technology
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66,000 workplace deaths in China last year
Deaths have dropped 50 per cent since 2002