Sir: The recent terrorist attack in Balochistan that took the lives of six Punjabi labourers working on a telecom tower shook the city. According to Levies, these workers were deployed in a highly sensitive area without a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and working without any security. However, the Supreme Court (SC) has taken suo motu notice of the incident, and will initiate a hearing related to it soon. The court has issued a notice to the Balochistan Chief Secretary and the Inspector General of Police to present an initial report in this matter. While the CJP and media have turned their focus toward security lapses by blamingthe poor security situation in Baluchistan, it has occurred to no one that the telecom operator, on whose responsibility these labourers were deployed, must be held accountable for this negligence as they didn’t have NOCs. If a similar incident took place in any developed country, the employer would have been held responsible and handsome compensation have paid to the effected families immediately. But in Pakistan, there is no compliance regarding labour laws. Corporate giants find easy short cuts through this weak system. By default, in every employment contract, an employee is liable to receive compensation from his or her employer in case of loss of life during working hours or performance of their duties. The employer must be the first one to take responsibility and come forward to console the effected families, but in Pakistan they keep a low profile to avoid bad press to save their market reputation. As this case unfolds, people will also come to know which private firm hired these labourers and if there was a compensation plan. As the matter has been taken up by the SC, families are optimistic that they will be served justice. Therefore the SC must issue a notice to the employer to present the contractual terms of the deceased employees. They must be presented before the court on the first hearing. M.Khan Islamabad Published in Daily Times, May 12th 2018.