Lay-offs rile labour leaders.

LAHORE -- Labour leaders have protested that notwithstanding certain enactments by the government barring dismissal of workers in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic various industrialists have sacked their employees without any let or hindrance.

Muhammad Yaqoob, Qazi Ahmad, Naeem Qureshi, Shaukat Chaudhry, Hanif Ramay and others said particularly the government had promulgated an ordinance banning termination of workers from service or denial of salaries during the contagion but, in fact, a number of textile, garments, glass, paper, electronics and other industries have not only sacked thousands of workers from their jobs but many more were denied payment of their salaries and other dues.

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