Labour bodies worried about daily wage earners due to coronavirus threats.

KARACHI -- National Labour Council (NLC), a representative body of the workers has expressed serious concern over impending financial losses to the workers especially to the daily-wage earners due to closure of factories, market places or restrictions on gatherings on account of fear of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. It has demanded the government to constitute a task force to determine the financial lossesto the industries and companies and find solutions to ensure workers rights.

Addressing a joint press conference at Karachi Press Club on Tuesday the NLC members including Habibuddin Junaidi, Zulfiqar Shah, Nasir Mansoor, Liaqat Sahi Ms. Farhat Parveen, Ms. Zehra Khan and Hussain Badshah urged the government...

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