ILO reaffirms support to govt on social justice.

ISLAMABAD -- The International Labor Organisation ( ILO) Country Director on Friday called on Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi to reaffirm support to social justice for all.

In an introductory meeting with the Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OPHRD), Country Director of ILO, Mr Geir T. Tonstol reaffirmed ILO's continuous support and assistance to the Ministry and ILO's constituents in Pakistan.

Sajid Hussain Turi, Federal Minister for OPHRD, welcomed the ILO Country Director to Pakistan. Minister Turi applauded the ILO for its continuous support to the Ministry and more recently for the partnership in initiating the rapid infrastructure rehabilitation projects in Sindh and Baluchistan.

Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and human resource development emphasised that these projects have seen promising results that are scalable and requested the ILO to expand these to other parts of the Country.

He also emphasised the need to work for workers in industrial zones, ensuring access to rights including health and education for their dependents. He said that the Ministry is also negotiating fair recruitment processes and better working conditions and terms of employment for professional workers categories through agreements with a number of countries in the UAE and Asian Countries in the South and South-East, said in a statement issued here on Friday.

Sajid Hussain Turi mentioned that areas of Erstwhile FATA and now the merged KP districts have a large workforce deprived of social security benefits, he apprised the ILO team that through the Employees Old Age Benefits Institution, the Ministry is ensuring benefits are extended to workers in...