Seeking justice: WWB employees threaten strike
They blocked Sher Shah Suri Road and also threatened to close all schools, colleges and offices
PESHAWAR:
Employees of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Workers Welfare Board (WWB) have threatened to continue their protests until they are regularised. This was announced by a large number of employees during a press conference in Peshawar on Wednesday. “We want the government to immediately reinstate a large number of WWB employees and remove Naimatullah Gandapur, the secretary of the board, from office,” a protester said. WWB employees had launched a protest on September 4 over the government’s failure to meet their demands. They blocked Sher Shah Suri Road and also threatened to close all schools, colleges and offices if their demands were not met.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2015.
Employees of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Workers Welfare Board (WWB) have threatened to continue their protests until they are regularised. This was announced by a large number of employees during a press conference in Peshawar on Wednesday. “We want the government to immediately reinstate a large number of WWB employees and remove Naimatullah Gandapur, the secretary of the board, from office,” a protester said. WWB employees had launched a protest on September 4 over the government’s failure to meet their demands. They blocked Sher Shah Suri Road and also threatened to close all schools, colleges and offices if their demands were not met.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2015.