Minister for Labour Ansar Majeed Khan said that a mechanism should be devised for the scholarships granted under the Workers Welfare Board besides formulating a policy to bring the maximum children of the labourers under the ambit of education.
He was presiding a meeting at his office on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Labour Secretary Aamir Jan, PESSI Commissioner Tanveer Iqbal, DG Labour Faisal Nisar Chaudhry, Workers Welfare Board secretary and others.
The minister reviewed the departmental performance during the meeting.
The Social Security commissioner gave him a detailed briefing about the progress made so far on various ongoing projects being carried out under the Social Security Department including ease of doing business, registration of domestic works, automation and construction of new hospitals.
The Workers Welfare Board secretary also briefed him about the various educational projects being completed under the worker welfare funds including education being imparted to the children of labours and workers in WWF schools, construction of new schools and scholarships for children of labours and workers.
DG Labour gave a detailed briefing about the Labor Department’s initiatives taken to eliminate child labor and forced labor, factory inspection, factory risk Assessment and measures taken for workers by Labor Department.
