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Govt urged to check prices of edibles
Lahore
April 18, 2021
LAHORE: The working class has demanded from the federal and provincial governments to check price-hike in Ramazan and bring the hoarders and profiteers to book. They stressed on the need to contain prices of edibles and essential commodities.
These demands were raised in a meeting held under the aegis of All-Pakistan Workers Confederation (APWC) on Saturday at Bakhtiar Labour Hall in which a large number of workers and affiliated trade union representatives participated. General Secretary of APWC Khurshid Ahmed, Rubina Jamil, Akbar Ali Khan, Ch M Anwar, Osama Tariq, Salahuddin Ayubi, Khushi M Khokhar, Niaz Khan and other representatives of the confederation spoke on the occasion.
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LAHORE: Workers have condemned the brutal murder of 11 Hazara miners in Balochistan and demanded the prime minister ensure safe living conditions for the Hazara community of the province.
According to a press release, the workers also reminded the federal and provincial governments that it was the state’s constitutional responsibility to protect the lives and dignity of Hazara miners, bring to book the accused and hand out exemplary punishment, and extend all legal, moral and financial support to the families of the murdered workers.
These demands were made in a resolution passed on Wednesday in a meeting of the All Pakistan Workers Confederation held at the Bakhtiar Labour Hall where the participants urged the prime minister to visit Balochistan to listen to the voices and sufferings of the Hazara community.
Workers urge politicians to freeze prices of essential commodities
National
December 15, 2020
LAHORE: All the political parties and the government should evolve a joint strategy to tackle growing unemployment, illiteracy, disease and widening gap between rich and poor in the society.
These demands were made by the working class in a resolution passed in a special meeting of All-Pakistan Workers Confederation held Monday at Bakhtiar Labour Hall, Lahore. It was addressed by Rubina Jamil President and Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary and others.
They underlined the need to develop national economic self-reliance policy by developing national industries, agriculture and trade and rid the nation of the 119 billion US dollar foreign debt. Govt must ensure implementation of fundamental rights of the workers and also ensure standard free and equal education to 25 million children in accordance with Article 25/A of the Constitution of Pakistan.