Islamabad under protest of Government employees

Hifza Elahi

government employees protest in islamabad

Government employees were protesting in Islamabad. Their main reason for the protest was a 40% increase in salaries. When they started heading towards the parliament house then-Police fired tear gas at them. They have reached the D chowk. While Islamabad authorities have blocked the way towards parliament with containers.

When the employers cross the containers after that police restored tear gas shelling to disseminate them. Due to which some police also had to retract for a while. They had gathered today after their leader Rehman Bajwa and nine others were arrested overnight.

The protesters also encircled Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz. They also closed the doors to the secretariat bringing the government machinery to a halt. More than two dozen protesting employees were taken into custody under Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO).

They also got immense support from grade 17 government employees throughout the country. Sheikh Rashid said that we are increasing the salaries of grade 1-16. He also refused to the demand for increasing the salaries of provincial officers.

Sheikh Rasheed and Pervez Khattak are pushing for the increase so immediate relief could be provided to protesters and the situation gets under control as the federal government was not functional.

The finance ministry will finalize the proposal by tonight or tomorrow. Then they will send it to the prime minister and adviser on finance for approval. The committee has recommended that there should be an increase of 25% in the salaries.