Kesc Protest: Staff’s children submit memo to CJP
KESC employees facing retrenchment staged a protest demonstration before the Karachi Registry of Supreme Court.
KARACHI:
Hundreds of children of KESC employees facing retrenchment staged a protest demonstration before the Karachi Registry of Supreme Court here on Saturday morning. The protesters, carrying placards and banners highlighting their demands, braved strong chilly winds for hours at a stretch. The traffic on the intersection of Shaheen Complex and II Chundrigar Road was suspended as police blocked the road for traffic. The protesting children later handed over a memorandum addressed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to the Deputy Registrar of Karachi Registry and dispersed peacefully.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2012.
Hundreds of children of KESC employees facing retrenchment staged a protest demonstration before the Karachi Registry of Supreme Court here on Saturday morning. The protesters, carrying placards and banners highlighting their demands, braved strong chilly winds for hours at a stretch. The traffic on the intersection of Shaheen Complex and II Chundrigar Road was suspended as police blocked the road for traffic. The protesting children later handed over a memorandum addressed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to the Deputy Registrar of Karachi Registry and dispersed peacefully.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2012.