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Pakistan Raises Minimum Monthly Wage to Rs 8,000

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced an increase in the minimum monthly wage of workers by Rs 1,000 to Rs 8,000.

Gilani said pension, debt and marriage grants will also be increased. He was addressing a gathering in Islamabad on the occasion of May Day on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The move is part of a new labor policy.

He also ordered regularization of contractual workers in Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd.‚ Capital Development Authority and the Higher Education Commission.

Gilani said: "The day is observed globally to pay tributes to the workers and laborers of Chicago for the sacrifices they rendered for attainment of their rights."

He said the concept of agricultural, industrial and socio-economic development is incomplete without contribution of laborers, workers and farmers.

The global strides in industry and agriculture are owed to the hard work of laborers and farmers, he added.

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