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SSM employees asked to pledge not to wear headscarf
Turkey: A department director at the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM), Berrin Erkilet, sparked controversy when she requested that two new employees sign a document indicating that they would not wear a headscarf in the workplace. Following an intervention from Erkilet's superiors, however, the request has been deemed unfair, and the two employees have not been forced to sign the document. After successfully applying to work as project assistants at the SSM, the two women started working while wearing headscarves. The company objected to this in the work place. Consequently, both decided to remove their headscarves and continue their employment at the company. When Erkilet, director of the Personnel and Education Department,heard about the incident however, she was concerned that the women may attempt to wear their headscarves at work again and asked them to sign a document indicating that they would not wear the headscarf in the workplace. The two women, who stated that they had already taken off their headscarves in order to remain in their positions, refused. The issue was then brought to the attention of SSM Undersecretary Murad Bayar who concluded with his deputies that to force the women to sign the document would be both draconian and unnecessary.
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2012-01-12
PPSC Test Result Lecturer Urdu (Male)
LAHORE: Punjab Public Service Commission announces that following 730 candidates for recruitment to 139 posts of Lecturer Urdu (Male) BS-17 on contract
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2012-01-11
Sindh Population Welfare Contractual Doctors Protest
KARACHI: Sindh Population Welfare department’s Contractual Doctors held a Protest demanding their regularization of services in Karachi.
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2012-01-11
WAPDA workers protest demonstrations against privatization
GUJRAT: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Employees Protest against PEPCO privatization. Protest demonstration held all over Pakistan
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2012-01-11
Rail Mazdoor Ittehad Refused to receive Pays through banksRail Mazdoor Ittehad Refused to receive Pays through banks
Lahore : Pakistan Railways Labour Union “Rail Mazdoor Ittehad” has Refused to receive Pays through banks.
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2012-01-11
Sindh Lower/Districts Courts Employees Protests for Pay Raise
Karachi (January 7, 2012) – In Sindh Lower or districts Courts Employees held Protests for Pay Raise in all districts of Sindh province. Districts Courts in Karachi, Hyderanbad, Sukkur, Badin, Nawabshah, Larkana and Sanghar closed due to protest.
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2012-01-11
Labour unions of Pakistan Railways stage sit-in outside headquarters
Lahore: A rally and sit-in organised by the labour unions of Pakistan Railways is underway outside Railways Headquarters in Lahore. During the sit-in, the workers were protesting for the fulfillment of five demands: Improvement in the condition of Pakistan Railways, end retrenchment and downsizing, finish the mafia stronghold in the railways, fulfillment of the rights of the railways employees and disbursement of salaries and pensions of the workers. The union had earlier campaigned in Karachi, Rohri, Kunia and Peshawar for two weeks to gain momentum for the sit-in. Workers from all over Pakistan have gathered for the sit-in. Workers from Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab have assembled outside the Railways Headquarters to stage the sit-in. The 12-hour sit-in had targeted to gather at least 20,000 labourers, but so far, only 2,500 labourers have showed up at the protest. A heavy contingent of Railways Police has been deployed at the site in order to maintain security. Some political leaders were also invited, while, the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Munawwar Hassan, is also expected to come at the sit-in.
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2011-12-21
SNGPL employees seek regularisation of service
Islamabad: This was the driving force behind a protest by about two dozen contractual employees of the gas company in Islamabad on Tuesday. Carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans like “we want permanence in our jobs”, contractual and daily wages employees assembled in front of the Parliament. The protesters included sub-engineers, meter readers and data-controllers. They said they had been working for the gas company for the past many years but were still to be regularised, even as contractual employees in other government departments were given permanent employments. They said that officials in the company had assured them many times that they will be given permanent employments whenever posts became available. Afzal, a protester, said, “The company advertised new jobs in the newspapers, but they never regularised us.”The protesters said they will go on a hunger strike in front of the Parliament if they were not regularised.
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2011-12-21
UAE firm penalised over delayed wages of 350 workers
UAE: Labour authorities have decided to punish a company based in the eastern oasis town of Al Ain after it defaulted in paying the wages of nearly 350 workers, the semi official daily Alittihad reported on Wednesday. The Ministry of Labour said it had referred the unnamed firm to court after failing to settle the wage problem and that it had decided to stop issuing new licences to that company and all other related firms. The Ministry said it had taken such measures after receiving a complaint by those workers that the company had failed to pay their wages on time in violation of the “wage protection system” introduced by the UAE recently to ensure all workers and employees get their salaries on time. “We have decided to stop dealing with that company in Al Ain and to halt the issuance of any new work licences to it and all other companies which are related to the owner of that company,” said Mohsen Al Nasi, director of the labour inspection section at the Ministry of Labour. “We are also taking measures to refer that company to the general prosecutor after we failed to settle the issue between the two parties.” He said the workers had been given a choice to move to other companies in line with existing laws which allow expatriates to change sponsorship in case their relationship with a company comes to an end.
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Railwaymen protest: Workers’ unions of Pakistan Railways unite to save it from privatisation
Karachi: The labour unions of the Pakistan Railways Karachi Division have formed an alliance called the Rail Bachao Ittehad against privatisation, downsizing and corruption in the company. The alliance is made up of five unions and five associations. They launched their movement from the Karachi Cantt Station on Tuesday. The participants held flags of their unions with placards and banners, and shouted slogans against the railway management. The central chairman of the Railway Workers Union (RWU), Manzur Ahmed Razi, said that the method of privatisation used by the government will not be fruitful. “We have rail tracks. The industrialists or anyone else who is interested should bring new locomotives and staff and run them on the existing tracks They should try to compete with the government’s service and provide better facilities.” he said. “When you use our engines, carriages and tracks, collect ticket money from the people and give some of the amount to the ministry it is not privatisation.” Junaid Awan of the Railway Workers Union demanded a referendum and the dismissal of the federal minister and general manager of the Pakistan Railways. “It is shameful that an institution which fed 2.5 million families of the country is collapsing and the government is not doing anything to save it,” he said. A head clerk, Manzoor Hussain, was present with a green flag in his hands. “I am a head clerk and we have not received any stationery for the past two years,” he said. “We have no attendance registers and attendance reports.” According to him, all the railways departments were in the same condition.
