‘Sindh, China committed to generating job opportunities’

Ghani meets Chinese delegation to discuss prospects for the youth

KARACHI: Sindh Information, Archives and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani has said that the relationship between Pakistan and China is everlasting. China's investment in Pakistan has no parallel, said the minister on Wednesday, while meeting with officials of the Chinese labour ministry at his office. Ghani told the Chinese delegation that the Sindh government was adopting all possible measures to create job opportunities for the youth. He added that the provincial government appreciated China's efforts towards the same.

According to the minister, there is a strong force of educated and skilled youngsters in Sindh. He claimed that the provincial government has also trained around 4,000 youngsters in various fields under the Sindh Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme.

The meeting discussed the possibilities of providing maximum job opportunities to the workers and labourers of both the countries, especially in Karachi and Shanghai - which according to the meeting, are sister cities.

The Chinese delegation informed Ghani that China is investing in various sectors in Pakistan and they want workers and labourers of Pakistan to have more job opportunities in China. They briefed the minister on their visit to Sindh and opportunities for Sindh's youth in various on-going projects in China.

Ghani thanked them for their efforts and said that the compiled data of the trained youth in Sindh would be shared with the Chinese companies. He reiterated the Sindh government's commitment to providing jobs to the people of Sindh.

Sindh Labour Secretary Abdul Rasheed Solangi, leaders of various labour unions, advisers for the Chinese delegation, including Major (Retd) Jafar Ali Zaidi, and other relevant officials attended the meeting.

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Meanwhile, Ghani headed a meeting on Wednesday to review the progress of the tripartite committee constituted under the labour department.

Ghani told the meeting that the set targets could only be achieved by adhering to the committee's terms of reference. He added that changes in the terms of reference were possible on the suggestion of members. The minister told the committee members that they should communicate the functioning of the committee with the stakeholders, including employers and the workers.

Besides, Ghani suggested the formation of separate committees for schools and hospitals as they worked differently from factories. These committees would focus on trying to resolve the problems of schools and hospitals on a daily basis, he said. Ghani issued directives for the minutes of the meeting to recorded and sent to all members of the tripartite committee.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2019.