The News
Friday, May 01, 2009
THE prime minister of Pakistan in his first address to the nation on March 28, 2008 said that non-skilled labourers will get minimum Rs 6,000. This was formally announced in June 2008 budget and a notification to this effect was also issued. Labourers were to get at least Rs 6,000 for from July 1 onwards.
For the first time, there was such a huge increase in minimum wages - from Rs 4,600 to Rs 6,000. While government organisations gave their employees the
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