ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reiterated their commitment to the dignity of labour and ensuring to translate the benefits of economic progress into prosperity for all sections of the population, particularly the labourers and workers. In their separate messages, Alvi and Shehbaz paid …
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