88,000 labourers registered for Benazir Mazdoor Cards

KARACHI:

Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani on Monday said that under Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI), more than 88,000 labourers had been registered with NADRA for issuance of Benazir Mazdoor Cards.

In contrast, over 60,000 cards have been issued so far.

The minister, in a meeting with Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik, expressed satisfaction with progress in the issuance of Benazir Mazdoor Card and stressed on completion of the process by May 2023.

Chairman NADRA and the provincial Labour Minister had a detailed discussion on the progress of the issuance of Benazir Mazdoor Card and the problems being faced, and their immediate solution.

Tariq Malik assured that NADRA would take all measures to issue Benazir Mazdoor Cards at the earliest and more desks and teams would be appointed in hospitals, industries and labour colonies.

NADRA officials at the occasion briefed that registration of more than 88 thousand workers had been done so far with the printing of over 70,700 cards, while 60,665 cards have been issued to workers.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, February 28^th, 2023.