SHC dismisses petitions against Wage Board Award

Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Aqeel Abbasi heard the petition of newspaper owners against the implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award on Tuesday.In a brief verdict, the SHC dismissed the petition against the implementation of the wage board.The media owners organisations, the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and Pakistan Herald Publication Private Limited had challenged the validity of the 7th Wage Board Award.The media owners claimed that they were sustaining huge losses and were not financially viable to pay higher salaries and other fringe benefits to employees in compliance with the Wage Board Award decisions.On the other hand, the employees stated that the media owners are delaying the implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award on the basis of frivolous litigation for the last decade with a calculated move to deprive them of the benefits of the award.