QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said on Wednesday that the government is taking effective steps for the welfare of labourers and would ensure all basic facilities to the productive segment of society.
In a special message on the occasion of International Labour Day, he said that workers are playing a crucial role in the development of the society and nation.
The Chief Minister said it was very important to provide technical education to the working class to get good employment opportunities in the international labour market as the demand for manpower equipped with technical skills was very high in the world.
He said the government had determined to provide the best educational facility to the labourers’ children and the students from the downtrodden section of the society would be awarded annual scholarships.
Education Programme for Labourers’ Children in Balochistan
Sarfraz Bugti said that the government had already announced to enroll four hundred children of labourers from Balochistan in the best higher educational institution across Pakistan in the first phase of the programme.
In the next phase, around one thousand children of workers would be provided quality education on a scholarship basis in the best institutions across the country.
The CM said that the government would not allow the exploitation of workers and ensure all facilities to marginalized sections and bring to justice those who exploit workers.
Sarfraz Bugti said the government had awarded the status of labourers of fishermen of Gwadar to benefit them at every stage.
