PM chairs meeting for workers’ rights

Meeting's focus was on ease of doing business

ISLAMABAD: The government is striving to achieve industrial growth and bring ease of doing business in the country without making any compromise on the workers’ rights, said Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The PM was chairing a high level meeting on Friday to discuss the facilitative measures for small and medium industries and the protection of the labourers' rights, a PM Office statement said.

The prime minister was briefed in detail about the problems being faced by the industries sector in Punjab during the inspection by different departments. He was also apprised on the measures being taken for the protection of the rights of the workers and labourers and to improve the health and education facilities for their families.

The prime minister was told that according to the data from different electric supply companies, the  power connections of around 55,435 industrial units of total 226,600 units in Punjab had been disconnected.

The prime minister emphasised that in order to achieve economic growth, it was essential to provide all out facilities to the industrial sector to accelerate economic activity as well as create the employment opportunities.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2019.

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