Pakistan Trade Hike
Pakistan: Trade associations challenge Sindh govt's minimum wage hike
Karachi: Trade associations have challenged the Sindh government’s minimum wage hike in the court of the law calling it a violation of due process, sparking off yet another conflict in Pakistan.
The association said the notification was issued without consulting stakeholders and fixing the minimum wage of Rs 25,000 by the provincial government was contrary to the decision taken by Sindh Minimum Wages Board, reports The News International.
According to a joint statement of the trade bodies including KCCI, PHMA, and SAI, Sindh High Court had ordered the Secretaries of Labour & Human Resource Department and Minimum Wages Board of Sindh to submit their replies in three-week time, the newspaper reported.
“Sindh government has created huge division by fixing a minimum wage at Rs25,000, whereas minimum wage in the Federal areas and Punjab province is Rs20,000 and in KPK and Balochistan it is Rs21,000,” the trade bodies said as quoted by the newspaper.
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