Citizen moves LHC to fix $1,000 minimum wage
Pakistan
Requests nullification of Rs37,000 monthly wage notification
LAHORE (Dunya News) - A citizen has moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) to fix minimum salary at $1,000 a month across Pakistan.
A citizen filed an application in the high court making PM Shehbaz Sharif and all ministers respondents.
The applicant mentioned that the government had fixed Rs37,000 a month as minimum salary across Pakistan.
"Pakistan has 3.2 million government employees and private employees account for 80 million," he said.
He requested a raise in the minimum wages that would increase the purchasing power of the citizens. He also demanded amendments to labour laws.
The petitioner pleaded court to order minimum salary at $1,000 a month across country and reject the notification of minimum wage of Rs37,000.
