Pakistan is faced with a tremendous scarcity of water. Successive Governments failed to pay attention to planning and management of this invaluable natural resource for future human, agriculture and industrial…
“Graveyards are full of indispensible men” is the rule that proves exceptions such as Asma Jahangir. Can there be a more precise measure of a life fully lived than an…
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines 'social security' as "the principle or practice or a programme of public provision (as through social insurance or assistance) for the economic security and social…
The world of labour has gone through great turbulence. Globalisation, restructuring, deregulation of economies and technological changes have reshaped labour relations. Precarious, informal employment and diverse contractual forms of work…
The Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 is the last of the labour laws enacted to oversee the running of industrial and commercial enterprises. The process of labour welfare legislation began with…
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has approved a new faculty migration policy under which teachers cannot join a new medical college unless the institution where they are serving have…
In our country the spectacle of hundreds of aged citizens, both men and women, queued in and outside bank branches to collect their pensions is not rare. These old men…
It is a known fact that Imran Khan has been trying to get into the corridors of power by riding on the crutches of the praetorian powers, as was the…
May Day or Labour Day is celebrated in remembrance of the workers who went on strike and were killed by the Chicago police on May 3 and 4, 1886. The…
The Employees Old-Age Benefits Act, 1976 was promulgated with a view to providing benefits to those employed in industrial, commercial and other organisations. At present, it is applicable to establishments…
