Broken promises: WWB Employees Union takes to the streets

A large number of demonstrators accused Gandapur of misleading Chief Minister Pervez attak

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Workers Welfare Board Employees Union took to the streets on Thursday over the K-P government’s failure to pay attention to their demands.

A large number of employees blocked Sher Shah Suri Road outside Peshawar Press Club and urged the government to regularise contract employees and reinstate those workers who had been laid off. They threatened the provincial government with closure of all schools, colleges and offices if their demands are not fulfilled in a week.

Protesters shouted slogans against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government and WWB Secretary Niamatullah Gandapur.

Speaking on the occasion, a large number of demonstrators accused Gandapur of misleading Chief Minister Pervez Khattak by providing him false information about the conditions of employees. They added PTI Chairman Imran Khan had vowed to resolve their problems. “However, even Imran has turned a deaf ear to our issues,” they said.

According to protesters, Gandapur, along with WWB Administration Director Shahab Ali Khan had deprived employees of their rights.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th,  2015.