Staff Reporter
Karachi
Textile industry owners have informed the Sindh High Court that they will not be able to pay their employees as ordered by the PPP government due to the suspension of economic activity following the coronavirus lockdown.
The court was hearing a petition filed by 12 major textile industries against a provincial government decision barring them from sacking employees and making it mandatory for them to pay full wages.
In the hearing, the home department and labour department submitted their responses to the case, which is being heard by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar. At the outset of the hearing, the counsel for the factory owners told the court that it was an important matter and needed to be resolved as soon as possible.
