ISLAMABAD, Jul 8 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said coronavirus pandemic had hit labourer community the most wordwide and stressed a joint global strategy to address the challenges pertaining to this highly vulnerable populace. Speaking at the virtual Global Summit on ‘COVID-19 and the World of Work’, organized by International Labour Organization, Imran Khan said lockdown in countries had left a big population jobless, most of them labourers, daily wagers and self-employed. “We need a joint strategy on how to soften the impact on labourers world over,” he told the gathering of world leaders and heads of top world organizations, via video-link here from his office. The five-day ILO Global Summit became the largest-ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments that discussed on how to address the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. Imran Khan said as businesses were getting bankrupt amid coronavirus pandemic, the small and medium industries were to be affected the most in long run. The future is very uncertain and we don’t know how long the economy will take to recover from this lockdown,” he said, adding that labourers remained the most vulnerable section of society in the wake of pandemic. Imran Khan … Continue reading PM stresses global strategy to ‘soften’ pandemic’s impact on vulnerable labour populace