September 05, 2006	Tuesday	Sha'aban 11, 1427

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KASUR, Sept 3: Labourers working in tanneries in Kasur should be paid in accordance with the new labour policy revised by the government.

This was stated in a circular issued by the local tanneries association here on Sunday.

Meanwhile, PML-N’s labour wing district president Nasir Mahmood Khan said the child labour laws in Kasur tanneries were being violated.

He demanded that minimum wages of workers should be fixed at Rs4,000.

He also blamed that factory owners in connivance with social security officers did not get registered workers thus depriving them of their legitimate right.

In several leather tanneries, he claimed that only 12 workers were bearing the burden of 20 workers.

To add to their miseries, he said these workers were also not being provided safety gadgets like gloves and masks, which itself was a clear violation of human rights.

Denying charges, factory owners Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Abid and others said that only few workers were below 15 years of age as their parents were too poor to send them to schools and depend on their income to meet basic needs of life.