ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said a line of action will be developed with inputs from different ministries to improve productivity of the industrial sector so that it could effectively compete in the global market.

The minister was talking to a six-member delegation of the Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP), headed by its president Ashraf W. Tabani, which called on him here on Tuesday.

The delegation held discussion with the minister on matters relating to labourers' problems and socio-economic measures being taken by the government. The EFP president, referring to minimum wages, told the minister that the federation was not against an increase in minimum wages of the unskilled workers in the country.

However, the increase should be in accordance with the minimum wages offered in neighbouring countries, he added. He also discussed different issues including increase in minimum pension under the EOBI, shares of workers in the Workers Profit Participation Fund and implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award.