Is govt aware QDA contract employees not paid in five months?

Employees and trade union leaders along with workers hold protest outside QPC

QUETTA: On one hand the Balochistan government has been claiming to fight for its rights with the federal government, while on the other the Quetta Development Authority’s (QDA) contract employees have not been paid their five-month salary.
Against the non-payment of salaries, QDA Employees Union along with the unpaid workers held a protest demonstration in front of the Quetta Press Club (QPC), demanding they be paid before Eidul Azha.
The protesters announced that if they were not paid their salaries before Eid, they would launch a protest movement by setting up a camp outside the QPC after Eid holidays – which means they would be protesting on a daily basis.

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According to details, the QDA Employees Union on Monday protested outside the QPC over the stoppage of five months’ salary of the contract employees.
The protest demonstration was led by Employees Union President Khan Zaman, Balochistan Labour Federation President Bashir Ahmed and Central Secretary Abid Butt. A large number of Trade Union leaders and the unpaid workers participated in the protest.
During the protest, slogans were raised against the QDA director general for his improper attitude with the staff and stoppage of their salary.
Addressing the protesters, Zaman, Ahmed, Butt, Haji Azizullah, Waheed Khan, Umar Jattak, Saifullah Din Muhammad, Muhammad Hasni, Abdul Hameed, Chiragh Fazal Muhammad and other leaders said, “We will not refrain from protesting for the rights of the workers.”

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They said that the QDA DG was making an excuse of the National Accountability Bureau inquiry and committing economic murder of the poor families, while the NAB inquiry had nothing to do with it.
“Illegal allotment of land worth millions of rupees is taking place at QDA, which is against the law,” they said. “The QDA DG is paying millions of rupees to the contractor, while there is no cheque power to pay the poor.”