ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has asked the Sindh province government to strengthen the system of employment exchanges in the province so that the system could function more effectively. In order to improve the dissemination of employment information, online job advertisements can be placed by the employment exchanges to improve the accessibility of information, particularly for female job seekers who have lower levels of mobility and networking than their male counterparts, according to ILO report ‘Sindh Employment Trends 2013’. Participation rates in the urban sector are surprisingly lower given that Karachi is the economic hub of the country and provides employment opportunities to a large migrant population from other parts of the country, the report says.
Six-day break slammed
ISLAMABAD: The business community has demanded the decision makers to devise a national policy about holidays, criticising the six-day closure, especially of the banking sector, on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Malik Zubair believed that this happened because Pakistan tried to copy Saudi Arabia in these matters, ignoring that it is a rich country. “I think the policy decision is that we have to keep the begging bowl close to us all the time in future,” he said. Members of business community belonging to the diversified sectors have termed the long holidays as a “politically motivated decision”. The impact of banks being inoperative for six days (from October 15 to 20) has not only been felt by the traditional exporters but also by the importers in the oil and gas sector. Agencies
