(Noshin Bashir, Karachi)
If labourers are human being than their security during working hours must be anticipated by public sector. Being a Muslim nation, it is a well acknowledged state obligation to provide the security to it's nationals . This fact has also been acknowledged in the article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The public sector must regulate the provision of wages to the labour force across the country. The duty hours of all kind of labourers must be stipulated by the same regulatory authority. The household workers must also come under the definition of labourers. The labourers must be registered in nearest police stations or by regulatory authority subject to the verification of their skilled labour and possible locations. All this would help in addressing the grievances of labour force to some extent alongside ensuring the in time provision of wages to the labour force. The regulatory authority must employ the indirect supply of wages to the labourers.The public sector can also add it's due share in it to enhance the amount given per head per day to the labourers. This can be helpful in the economic betterment and consequently in improving living standards of labourers. This can also discourage the menace of child labour. The labourers should be in a condition stable enough to avail the Public Holidays. The most important human aspect granted to the labour force is to provide them dignity and self-esteem. To show disrespect to anyone has strongly been condemned by Islam. The UDHR. states: ''Every person has right to enjoy dignity and honour in the society '' Having said that self-esteem is the most conspicuous personality aspects of human nature so we must acknowledge some gratitude when pass along the wage-earners. The public services must also be provided to this doomed section of working class as everyone has the equal rights to access the public services equally. The state must own the gloom of society in prevailing peace and prosperity which would remain a fantacy otherwise. NGO's can accommodate their due share by increasing the public awareness regarding human and labour rights.