A miner lost his life in Dukki area of Balochistan as a mine was filled with poisonous gases.
According to details received by The Balochistan Post, a miner lost his life due to suffocation inside a private coal mine in Dukki on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Azeem Khan s/o Nazar Ali.
Earlier last month, at least 18 people died in different accidents in the mining sector in Balochistan, out of which 15 died in an explosion in Quetta’s Sanjidi area.
Six miners got trapped in a mine last month. Whereas 2 mines collapsed and resulted in killing 23 miners in May this year in Bolan area of Balochistan.
Many international organisations working for worker rights have strongly condemned Pakistan for the complete absence of an effective occupational health and safety policy in the country, which has resulted in the deaths of a large number of workers in industries, particularly in coal mines.
IndustriAll, an international union that represents 50 million workers in 140 countries in the mining, energy and manufacturing sectors and campaigns for better working conditions had issued a strong statement when two similar accidents killed 7 workers in May in Balochistan.
Glenn Mpufane, IndustriALL director for mining had said:
“We are pained to note that mineworkers in Pakistan continue to lose their lives at work. We strongly condemn the negligence and lack of action by the authorities to improve safety in the mining sector. We call upon the government of Pakistan to immediately ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 176 on Health and Safety in Mines and implement the ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Underground Coal Mines.”