Protest: NADRA workers seek regularisation of jobs
Hundreds from across the country rally in front of the NADRA Headquarter.
ISLAMABAD:
The contractual employees of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday staged a protest against the government for not regularising them. They also demanded promotions for those who had been working with the authority for the past 10 years.
Hundreds of people, representing the non-regularised workforce of Nadra, had come from all across the country to participate in the protest that took place in front of the National Press Club (NPC).
The demonstration was held under the banner of All Pakistan Nadra Employees Association (EPNEA).
Carrying placards with slogans such as “We demand permanent, We want permanent” inscribed on them, the protesters
rallied from NPC to the Parliament House stopping in front of the NADRA Headquarter. The protesters claimed that 14,000 people are currently working for Nadra on a contract basis, and despite repeated assurances by the prime minister the government has not regularised them.
They stated that employees, who have been working in Nadra since it was established, in 2000, have still not been made permanent.
Speaking on the occasion, President APNEA Muhammad Saleem said that the employees have been working on a contractual basis since many years. Expressing concern, he said the Nadra workforce is protecting the future of every citizen of this country by maintaing information about them, but their own future is not secure.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2011.
The contractual employees of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday staged a protest against the government for not regularising them. They also demanded promotions for those who had been working with the authority for the past 10 years.
Hundreds of people, representing the non-regularised workforce of Nadra, had come from all across the country to participate in the protest that took place in front of the National Press Club (NPC).
The demonstration was held under the banner of All Pakistan Nadra Employees Association (EPNEA).
Carrying placards with slogans such as “We demand permanent, We want permanent” inscribed on them, the protesters
rallied from NPC to the Parliament House stopping in front of the NADRA Headquarter. The protesters claimed that 14,000 people are currently working for Nadra on a contract basis, and despite repeated assurances by the prime minister the government has not regularised them.
They stated that employees, who have been working in Nadra since it was established, in 2000, have still not been made permanent.
Speaking on the occasion, President APNEA Muhammad Saleem said that the employees have been working on a contractual basis since many years. Expressing concern, he said the Nadra workforce is protecting the future of every citizen of this country by maintaing information about them, but their own future is not secure.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2011.