ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Tuesday recommended that all boards and organisations working under the ministry frame rules or adopt a mechanism to ensure payment of the revised minimum wage immediately after it is increased by the federal government.<\/p>\n
The committee met in Committee Room No 2 at Parliament House under the chairmanship of Syed Rafiullah to review progress on its earlier recommendations and take up three government bills.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the committee voiced reservations over a number of replies submitted by the ministry and its attached bodies regarding its previous recommendations on the minimum wage. The chairperson observed that the ministry should introduce an automatic mechanism for raising the minimum wage. The committee then recommended that all bodies under the ministry put in place rules or a suitable mechanism so that workers receive the enhanced minimum wage as soon as it is notified by the federal government.<\/p>\n
The committee also reviewed the coal mine incident at Sorrange in Balochistan. It was informed that three inspectors had been suspended by the Mines Department and two officials by the Labour Department of the Government of Balochistan. First Information Reports had been registered, show-cause notices had been issued to the concerned companies, and 34 cheques had been handed over to the deputy commissioner for disbursement among the affected families.<\/p>\n
In this regard, the committee recommended to all provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan that grants for workers after any incident be enhanced to Rs3 million.<\/p>\n
The committee deferred the Employees\u2019 Old-Age Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2026. It also put off its review of recommendations related to the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment.<\/p>\n
The committee further sought complete details of the investment portfolio and interest income of all departments of the ministry. It also recommended that the Workers Welfare Fund present details of every proposal placed before its board in future.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by MNAs Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti, Dr Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto, Fateh Ullah Khan, Mohammad Ilyas Choudhary, Sofia Saeed Shah, who participated virtually, Saeeda Jamshid, Mian Khan Bugti, Farhan Chishti and Erum Hamid. The secretary of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development and senior officials of the ministry, EOBI, Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Ministry of Law and Justice, and the Labour and Mines Departments of the Government of Balochistan were also present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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