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President Asif Ali Zardari has signed into law the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Bill 2010 during a special ceremony held here at Presidency on Monday, Dunya News Reported.The signing ceremony was attended among others by federal ministers, members of parliament, federal secretaries and representatives of reinstated employees.The bill was passed by National Assembly on October 7 and Senate on 10 November.Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the President said he is pleased to have signed the bill and congratulated all the workers who have thus been reinstated in their jobs through an act of the parliament. He also felicitated parliament for passing the law and also the Minister for Labor and Manpower and all those who made it possible.The President said, it is an auspicious day for all of us as today we have fulfilled yet another promise and commitment made by our Shaheed leader and the government with the workers.He said worker and labour is the backbone of the countrys economy and Pakistan Peoples Party and that is why from the day of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, PPP has kept welfare of workers and labourers uppermost in its mind. He also said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had promised the sacked employees of different organizations that they would be reinstated into their jobs.
