Photo: Daily-Wage Labourers Wait for Work in Islamabad
Workers were pictured resting on a green belt in the Federal Capital's PWD area while waiting for customers to hire them for the day.
Written by EGazette’s AI. The facts are drawn from cited sources; the analysis is the AI’s own.
A photograph distributed by the Associated Press of Pakistan shows daily-wage labourers sitting on a green belt in the PWD area of Islamabad, the Federal Capital, while eating bread and waiting for customers.
Daily-wage labourers in Pakistan typically gather at informal roadside points each morning, offering manual labour such as construction, loading or general maintenance work to anyone willing to hire them for the day. Pay and availability of work can vary considerably from day to day.
The image was published in the photos section of the Associated Press of Pakistan, the country's national news agency, as part of its ongoing coverage of everyday life in the capital.
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- Daily-wage labourers sit on a green belt with their tools while eating bread and waiting for customers at PWD area in the Federal Capital — APP (Pakistan)
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