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LAHORE: The provincial government of Punjab on Monday decided to take steps to ensure that domestic workers get a weekly day-off, reported Express News.
Expressing displeasure over the working conditions of domestic workers, Punjab government decided to amend existing laws dealing with rights of workers and introduce measures to ensure one weekly-off and other matters related to their salaries.
Tayyaba torture case: Court increases sentence of judge, wife to three years
Provincial lawmakers said that rights of workers will be safeguarded through legislation and brought under the domain of labor laws.
Earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) sentenced a judge and his wife in the Tayyaba torture case to serve one year in prison.
Domestic servant held for raping housewife
The case had grabbed the country’s attention in December 2016 when the couple were booked and were later charged for assaulting, confining, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning, harming and injuring the minor housemaid.
The couple were accused of keeping the girl in wrongful confinement, burning her hand, beating her with a ladle, detaining her in a storeroom, and threatening her with even worse. The couple had pleaded ‘not guilty’ after they were indicted and stood trial.
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