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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government has launched the &Mazdoor-Ka-Ehsaas& initiative, which is one of the
pillars under its precedence, social protection and poverty alleviation programme Ehsaas."Mazdoor-Ka-Ehsaas aims at developing social
protection degrees for workers in the casual sector," the prime minister said in his message on the occasion of Labour Day observed
throughout the world on May 1
&We join the global community nowadays to commemorate the Labour Day and pay tributes to the heroic struggle and sacrifices rendered by the
workers in Chicago for upholding their fundamental rights and ensuring a fair working environment.This historic day also affords us an
opportunity to recognize the valuable contribution being made by the workers for the progress and development of countries all over the
world,& he added.Imran Khan said,"Our Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) gave us the Charter of Madinah, which serves as the foundation of
a model Islamic state, an egalitarian society based on the rule of law and economic justice." The prime minister said the Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf waged a struggle spanning over two decades to realize the concept of a society based on the principles of justice and
equality.The present government, he said, believed in dignity of labour and had undertaken a holistic plan in collaboration with the
provincial governments, for the welfare and well-being of the workers and their families, including domestic workers.He said the government
believed that the dividends of inclusive economic growth could much be realized if the workers were deprived of their due rights and
opportunities.Indeed, workers were partners in growth and development.He said a number of policy degrees had been approved for the welfare
of abroad Pakistani workers under Ehsaas, such as enhancing the number and quality of institutional arrangements that were responsible for
protecting migrant workers, creating online interfaces to facilitate them, negotiations with host countries aimed at increasing the duration
of the first contract of migrant workers and subsidies on air tickets for the workers who had much returned home for seven years.The prime
minister said the government was endeavoring to strengthen the labour market and had a plan to create 10 million jobs over five years in key
sectors like housing, SMEs, ICT, health, education, green economy and tourism.The government, he said, was also focusing on regulating
labour market along with a job placement mechanism supported by public-private partnerships to improve seliminate matching; enforcement of
minimum wages; employees social welfare and degrees against workplace harassment.He said the government was focusing on seliminate
development; investments in human capital and professional development.The prime minister felicitated the workers with the belief and
confidence that they would become partner in realizing Naya Pakistan and continue to participate in the development of the country with
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