In connection with International Labor Day, a seminar was organized by the welfare organization BLLF on the topic of elimination of child labor and prevention of human trafficking in Al Hamra Hall Mall Road. Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora Attends as Chief Guest while Director General of Labor and Manpower Department Syeda Kulsoom, Vice Chairman Social Protection Authority Jahan Ara Wattoo, General Secretary of BLLF Ghulam Fatima, various social leaders, civil society representatives and a large number of kiln workers also attended the seminar. Addressing the seminar, Provincial Minister Ramesh Singh Arora said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is determined to bring the right of the poor or deserving to their doorsteps and for this the entire cabinet team is engaged in public service day and night under her leadership. He said that we all have to bring our children towards education so that they can go ahead and serve the country and nation.
The provincial minister further said that SP Singa sahib added Punjab to Pakistan by casting a vote while Christian educational institutions are playing an exceptional role in the field of education. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, in her first speech in the Punjab Assembly said that the Christian community is the crown of her head. He assured that Punjab government will solve all problems of kiln workers on priority basis. He also appreciated the efforts of BLLF and said that we are well aware of the difficulties of the laborers and we have requested the Chief Minister of Punjab to specifically involve these laborers in the Punjab government’s projects like solar plates, electric motorcycles and distribution of houses. In the seminar, BLLF presented demands containing a ten-point agenda, in which, according to the United Nations Convention, the government should spend 9 percent of the GDP in the budget every year for children’s health and education and 3 percent of the budget for the elimination of child labor, Allocation for social security, immediate issuance of alternative economic activities and small loans for workers at the government level, immediate creation of rules under the Domestic Workers Act 2022, determination of standard wages and application of labor laws, Increase in the wages of kiln workers, enforcement of the minimum wage law, orders to build toilets in kilns in accordance with the principles of hygiene, increase penalties by amending the legislation for the abolition of forced labor social security card, old age allowance, death fund, marriage fund, solar scheme and electric bike scheme and ensuring access of kiln workers to supply of houses and brick kilns.
The provincial minister assured the participants that the implementation of the fixed wages of kiln workers and factory workers will be ensured. Other participants of the event vowed to fulfill their responsibility in making and implementing rules, regulations and rules according to the law for the increase in wages of kiln workers in proportion to inflation and the rights of domestic workers. Later, a rally was also organized about the rights of workers, in which various banners were displayed about the rights of workers, while the rally started from Al-Hamra Hall and ended at Lahore Press Club, Shimla Pahari.
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