Sindh govt.’s proposal to enhance the minimum monthly wage of a worker to PKR 25,000 from PKR 17,000 has irked Karachi-based industrialists, who fear that either they would have to close down their business in the city or move their units to Punjab, where the proposed minimum wage is PKR 20,000. Chairman BMG, Council of All Pakistan Textile Association (CAPTA) and former president KCCI Zubair Motiwala argued that when the tariff/rates of petrol, diesel, gas and electricity in the entire country were same, then what was the justification of fixing the minimum wage higher in Sindh than in other provinces.
16/6/2021