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Qatar probe into labour abuses exposes its financial crisisDoha: The Qatari response to human rights violations against foreign workers, who held few days ago a strike in the infrastructure projects of the 2022 World Cup, revealed the depth of the financial crisis in the tiny Gulf emirate. The government liaison office in Qatar issued a confusing and elusive statement saying it was about "the results of the investigation into the peaceful strike of a number of workers." The…
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Major TUF call on Iran to release detained W's rightsBelgium: (ITUC) and the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) have called on Iranian authorities to release detained workers’ rights activists including Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan. Letters by the ITUC and AFL-CIO were sent to Iranian leaders one month after a group of Haft Tappeh sugar mill workers in the city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, submitted an official complaint to the International Labour Organization (ILO)…
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District oversight committee sanctions appointment of 131 employeesNaushahro Feroze: District Oversight Committee for Public Health Engineering department granted approval for appointment of 131 new employees to ensure smooth functioning of drainage and water supply schemes. The appointments were recommended by concerned assistant commissioners after inspection of different schemes, said a handout issued by district information office on Thursday. The deputy commissioner captain Bilal Shahid Rao, while chairing the meeting had directed the concerned authority to keep all…
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BA passes resolution against child labour in coal minesQuetta:The Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed on Thursday a resolution to eradicate child labour in coal mines. The assembly session was chaired by Deputy Speaker Sardar Khan and the resolution was presented by PkMAP member Nasarullah. “Children under seven years of age work in different coal mines of Balochistan, which is not just a calamity, but a violation of the Child Act,” Nasarullah said. Other lawmakers in the session said there…