Daily Times

The members of Mehnatkash Labour Union of Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) continued their protest here on Monday for acceptance of their just demands. Local government employees of Naundero municipal committee also took out a rally and held a demo in favour of their LMC colleagues.

They took out a large rally from their office Monday which culminated at Jinnah Bagh after marching through various roads and bazaars where the participants held a large protest demonstration holding sweeps and other sanitation material and placards in their hands. They were also shouting slogans in favour of their just demands.

Their leaders Dodo Mirani, Munwar Sandano, Rasul Bux Shahani, Sham Lal, Asghar Jatoi, Qalandar Bux Shahani, Ghulamullah Hajano, Gianchand, Ali Bux Brohi and others while talking to media persons said that issues of low paid LMC employees are not being resolved since long which are confronted by them due to which they feel insecure and unrest is widely felt amongst them.

They said the issues faced by them include denial of promotion to senior employees, corruption in uniforms, award of death and son quota, denial of required facilities to fire brigade employees who perform 24-hours duty, non-filling of vacant sanitary workers’ posts and so forth. They alleged that BPS-12 stenographer has been posted by LMC authorities as purchase officer in sheer, open and daring violation of superior court orders who was also jailed for corruption under NAB cases. They said that two ACR books of the employees have been prepared by the LMC authorities which has ruined their seniority system which should be abandoned.

They said they have been constantly protesting against such daring injustices but no action has so far been taken against the highhandedness of LMC officers which is a highly condemnable act and cannot be tolerated any more. They urged PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to intervene and resolve their problems. They demanded of the Sindh Government and its local government minister to take notice of the issues faced by them and dispense justice without further delay.

In Naundero, Chairman, Shah Lateef local Government Employees Federation, Sindh, Hafiz Mushtaque Korejo said that local government employees are being constantly step-motherly treated in the province. He said that issues of Wardi allowance, annual increment, payment of monthly salaries through onlines system and other problems have not yet been addressed by the Sindh government which must be resolved immediately. He said LMC employees’ demands are fully justified and must be accepted or else more protests will be held in the province for their rights.