Fifth Consecutive Day of Strike and Protest by Sindh Employees Alliance

Sanghar (Hasnain Ashiq Saand) The protest movement launched by the All Sindh Employees Alliance against the recent amendments in the pension policy, cuts in benevolent fund, group insurance, DRA and other benefits entered its fifth consecutive day on Saturday.

Hundreds of employees took out a rally from Sindhi Main Primary School to the Tando Adam Press Club, where they staged a demonstration. The protest was led by PT AlF leader Lakhadino Khaskheli, GSTA district general secretary Fazlullah Umrani, Gul Muhammad Nizamani, Imran Baig, Hameed Shaikh, Shahid Abbasi, SPLA leader Zulfiqar Jatoi, PT Alf leader Muhammad Issa Khaskheli, Muhammad Hashim Dero, Tanzeem-e-Asatiza’s Bilal Ghori, Ghulam Hussain Seenharo, Ali Akbar Brahmani and Waseem Channa.

Speaking on the occasion, the leaders said that the Sindh government had committed an “economic murder” of employees by introducing amendments to the pension policy. They vowed that deductions from employees’ lifetime savings would not be accepted at any cost. The leaders demanded the immediate withdrawal of what they termed as “anti-worker policies” and warned that the scope of protests would be widened if their demands were not met.