Labour minister directs effective enforcement of labour laws

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PESHAWAR
KP Caretaker Minister for Labour, Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Haji Manzoor Afridi has directed for effective enforcement of labour laws and full focus on welfare of workers and increase in their productivity capacities.
He issued these directives during a briefing of the performance of the Directorate of Labour here in the Civil Secretariat on Wednesday.
On this occasion, Director Labour Irfanullah Khan gave a detailed briefing to the minister on the implementation of law laws, labourers friendly legislation, labour courts and tribunals.
The provincial minister expressed gratitude and satisfaction over the performance and said that the labour laws of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being acknowledged at national level and even other provinces are also following the labour laws of the province.
He said that though the province is far behind in the industrial sector, but still during the period of last three decades none of the registered industrial units has closed, rather timely payment of wages have been paid to workers, which is ample proof of the better performance of the directorate.
The provincial minister further directed the filling of the shortage of staff in the district offices of the department at district level in the newly merged districts. He assured the directorate of labour in timely completion of the new development schemes initiated under it.