Thousands of WAPDA workers from all over the country
took out a protest rally on Tuesday in front of Parliament House under the aegis
of All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions (APFUTU) and Pakistan Wapda
Labour Union (PWLU), against privatisation and outsourcing of chief executives
of the electricity companies.The workers were carrying banners in
support of their demands and raising slogans, like ‘down with Independent Power
Projects and Rental Power Houses,’ causing price hike. The protesters called for
generating electricity through hydel & coal-fired thermal power stations in
the public sector to provide cheaper electricity to people and overcome serious
load shedding.They also demanded recovery of Rs one billion electricity
dues from Karachi Electric Supply Company and government and semi-government
agencies.
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