Nonpayment of salaries: Visually impaired employees hold protest

Staff says they have not been paid their salaries for the last the three months


Our Correspondent March 24, 2017
PHOTO: FILE

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Visually impaired employees of different government departments staged a protest demonstration on Thursday at Musharraf Chowk over nonpayment of their salaries for the last four months.

The protesters blocked the main Kachehri Chowk for traffic for three long hours. Dozens of employees working on daily wages and contract basis in Municipal Corporation, special education and social welfare departments took out a rally from Musharraf Chowk. Holding white sticks in their hands, the workers raised slogans in favour of their rights and demanded payment of their salaries pending for the last four months.

Addressing the protesters, Blind Association’s Divisional President Hafiz Abdul Razaq said visually impaired people always bear the brunt of injustices on part of the government.

Although the quota has been fixed for the differently-abled and visually impaired people, but what benefit this quota could provide to the people who diligently perform their duties like other employees but were denied of their salaries.

“We work like normal people. We do raise families and so we have to bear the expenses. Our jobs provide us means of respectable livelihood. So our salaries must be paid on time,” said Mohammad Irfan, a participant of the protest.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24th, 2017.

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