PEOPLE survey the destroyed bikes near the Natha Khan bridge on Friday. PPI
KARACHI: As protest sit-ins against the Mach tragedy continued on Friday in the city, at least six motorbikes were torched after a clash broke out between protesters and commuters on main Sharea Faisal, police said.
Protest sit-ins were being staged at over 20 locations in the city, causing traffic chaos and disrupting flight schedules. Protests were also held in other cities and towns of Sindh.
Groups of Shia community members continued their sit-ins at various places in Hyderabad, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroze, Shikarpur, Kandhkot-Kashmore, Larkana, Qambar-Shahdadkot and Sanghar districts.
Karachi
January 9, 2021
Infuriated by Prime Minister Imran Khanâs statement that equated the demand of Quetta protesters for his visit with âblackmailing the premierâ, Shia groups and the Hazara community expanded their protest sit-ins against the Machh tragedy to more locations in Karachi, blocking multiple major roads in the city that resulted in not only massive traffic jams but also clashes between protestors and commuters.
Eleven miners of the Shia Hazara community were brutally killed before dawn on Sunday while they were asleep near a remote coal mine in the mountainous area of Machh in Balochistan. The Islamic State (IS) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Labour rights activists call for implementation of minimum wages
Karachi
December 17, 2020
Speakers at a moot on Wednesday stressed the need for a strong labour movement for the implementation of the labour laws at the time when deepening recession and the Covid-19 outbreak had created huge problems for workers.
The moot, titled âDialogue program â Minimum wages and its implementationâ, was hosted by the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) at a local hotel and attended by representatives of workers, trade unions and the provincial labour department.
The session was moderated by Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) general secretary Zehra Khan.
Minimum Wages Board Chairman and Additional Secretary Labour Dr Zahid Hussain said that after the 18th constitutional amendment, an improvement could be observed in the labour laws. He added that many new labour-related laws were enacted in Sindh and the province was far ahead of other provinces regarding the la
Activists call for case against PSM management
Activists call for case against PSM management
PPI
December 10, 2020
PSM needs to pay off billions in dues to the SSGC before gas pressure to the steel mills is restored. PHOTO: REUTERS
Human and labour rights organisation urged the Sindh government on Wednesday to book the management of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) for violating the Sindh Covid-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance, 2020, nearly two weeks after the industrial complex sacked over 4,500 employees.
In a joint statement, the rights organisations also moved the labour court to prevent the PSM from further layoffs during the pandemic, while at the same time calling for the Sindh government to approach the labour court on the matter.