LARKANA:The local government employees took out a rally and staged sit-ins in Larkana, Ratodero and Naundero Thursday against Sindh government’s failure to make their monthly salaries online and conspiracies against employees recruited during 2012.
The protest was held on the call of Shah Lateef Local Government Employees Federation Pakistan. The protesters were led in Naundero by their President Hafiz Mushtaque Ahmed Korejo and also joined by Nisar Bhutto, Sanaullah Korejo, Shakil Mirani, Ahad Jamal, Zaheer Bhutto and others.
In Larkana, they were led by Rasul Bux Shahani, Ghulamullah Hajano, Sham Lal, Munwar Sandano, Asghar Jatoi, Qurban Abro and others. They shouted slogans in favour of their just demands while holding large banners and placards in their hands. After marching on main roads, the rallies turned into a massive sit-in in Naundero, Ratodero and Larkana which continued for several hours.
Talking to media, they said that all provincial government department employees were paid monthly salaries through online system on 1st of every month but they had constantly been ignored and discriminated which was open and daring violation of basic human rights.
They said that local bodies employees maintained cleanliness in each and every town and city by lifting heaps of garbage from roads and streets, but they were continuously treated as second class citizens when they were raising the issue of payment of their monthly salaries through online system.
They said Sindh government had made several commitments to pay their salaries through the latest digital system, but it had not yet implemented it. They said: “Those who were recruited in 2012 are discharging their duties efficiently and regularly since past seven years and according to apex court order, those employees could not be termed bogus or fake who had been serving since four years because they had been serving the masses since over seven years, so they could not be retrenched.”
They further said that 320 LG employees had been removed from service without any cogent reason by Ghotki CMO Nadir Shah Amroti which was illegal and violation of apex court order. They demanded online monthly salaries without loss of further time through relevant district treasuries to eradicate corruption for which bill should be passed from the provincial assembly while regularization of all the employees of 2012 and reinstatement of removed Ghotki employees be also ensured.