On the occasion of May Day, popularly known as Labour Day, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani assured workers of the protection of their rights, said press releases issued Thursday. “Present government will not abandon the labour, the peasants, the fisher folk and the wage earners in their struggle for emancipation and freeing themselves from the shackles of exploitation,” says Asif Ali Zardari. These measures are a manifestation of conscious efforts by the present government to restore to the labour and the working classes their dignity and their rights.
