Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Engineer Shaukatullah has said that 1st May is observed every year across the world, in memory of the history making event of Chicago wherein the labourers of the time had rendered matchless sacrifices for securing their basic rights and get the dignity and honour of labour duly acknowledged.
In his message on the eve of May Day, the governor has said that the constant struggle progressing since then to get the cherished goal materialised, bears well-acclaimed acknowledgement. He has further pointed out that to work indeed is a dignified, humble and honourable way to earn livelihoods which ultimately leads to ensure well being of respective individuals and societies and development, stability and prosperity of the countries.
The nature of labour with the passage of time has got multifaceted role on part of all concerns and their output greatly depends upon their quality of training; nature of available services and the environment at the places of work. Level of application of advanced technologies coupled with the state of safe guards governed by respective institutions and the governments, bags extra-share as far as protection of rights of workers are concerned.
The impressive results of such tested realities oriented success stories of developed societies have become possible because of the tripartite principle-based joint efforts of employees, employers and the respective governments. We, the Pakistani Nation, being the responsible member of the world community fully acknowledge our responsibilities in this connection. Apart from this, being Muslims we also feel ourselves religiously bound both in our individual and collective capacities to uphold the dignity and honour of labour and protection of the rights of workers.