Government urged to continue subsidy in electric bills

The government should withdraw the proposal to remove subsidy in the electricity bills in the federal budget, increase allocations on human capital and take steps to controla the price hike. The General Secretary, Pakistan Workers Federation, Khurshid Ahmed said in a press conference at Bukhtiar Labour Hall on Friday.
The President PWC, Tablib Nawaz, Osama Tariq, Ijaz ul Haq and other labour leaders were also present in the press conference. 'A national economic self-reliance policy should be launched to provide employment to the youth and workforce entering Labour Market at the rate of 1.5 million every year and allocate adequate resources for Human Capital Development', Khurshid said. He also said that the supply of electricity to the industrial, consumers is must to compete in the global market and generate employment opportunities.