Owais Mughal
We first saw this photo at Metroblogging Lahore and found it very appealing to share it here:
This photo is of a banner seen at the gate of a factory on Multan Road, Lahore. The banner reads in English as:
“Less literate, illiterate and hardworking but dedicated boys are required urgently for work in the factory.”
Credits: >man!< at Metroblogging Lahore
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This should be posted on all ports of entry into Pakistan.
Today all of Pakistan is a slave factory employing “bloody civilian” to support an army that has deviated from it’s consitutional duties.
Does it mean there is now a genuine shortage in the country of (a) Less Literate (b) Iliterate (c) Hardworking and (4) Dedicated – read Honest – that factory owners have to advertise for them.
Wonder what such workers and their factory would produce?
Pity the poor consumer.
If the factory produces for export, imagine its fate, in a world where some of the most highly educated/trained Chinese worker’s products are subjected to massive quality scrutiny.
Mama’s girl – You will fail to meet the criteria on gender grounds as well. They are only seeking male worker.
On another note, the poster in itself is a symbol of a changing economy, at least in the Punjab. Now it seems labouers no longer queue outside factories daily for work (often to end up being shoo-ed away); factory managers have to advertise for workers. Well, in parts of the Punjab farmers would be unable to harvest their ready wheat crops, had it not be for the seasonal labour from the NWFP. Lahore and the Punjab seem to be booming economically as the province has been peaceful and stable having not faced the Islamist insurgency of the western provinces or political hooliganism and unrest of Karachi, besides not being inflicted by culture-induced inertia of the southern province. We do not have readily available statistics to provide a break up of economic growth province-wise during last few years but I suspect it would be in double digits for the Punjab for last five years.
Dang, another job I am under qualified for.