LAHORE: Thousands of employees of power distribution companies (Discos) have protested across the country against the proposed privatisation of national power utilities, rising price hike and unemployment.
The protesters, under the aegis of All Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA), took out mass rallies in support of their demands in Peshawar, Mardan, Sawat, Islamabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Mutan, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Quetta, Hyderabad and other cities of the country.
In Lahore, a mass rally was held outside Awan-e-lqbal, Egerton Road, participated by thousands of workers, against feudalism and capitalism and policies of IMF and World Bank and privatisation. The rally, among others, was addressed by I A Rehman, Secretary General Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, renowned jurist Abid Hassan Minto, and veteran trade union leader Khurshid Ahmad.
The workers demanded of the Prime Minister to resolve their important issues through dialogue otherwise, the workers would launch countrywide protests.
