Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that a Labour Tower would be constructed in Lahore under the supervision of the Labour Department.

Chairing a meeting, he directed to review the proposal of setting up of hostels for the labours and industrial workers.

The meeting decided that COMSATS would establish a campus on the land of the Labour Department in Defence Lahore where 30 per cent of children of labour and workers would get free education.

Usman Buzdar said that land of the Labour Department worth 2 billion rupees had been evacuated from the Qabza Mafia.

He maintained that the minimum wage of the workers in Punjab had been fixed to 20 thousand rupees.

He further directed the authorities concerned to take solid measures for curbing child labour.