Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Central Labour Union

National Conference of WAPDA/Electricity Workers was held on 14^th May, 2012 at IESCO Headquarters, Islamabad under the aegis of Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) under the presidnetship of Mr. Abdul Latif Nizamani President of the Union which was participated by thousands of WAPDA/Electricity Workers and the representatives of the union from all the five provinces and federal capital. At this occasion, M/s. Khurshid Ahamd, General Secretary of the union alongwith Gohar Taj, Chairman, Haji Muhammad Ramzan Achkzai, President (Balochistan Province), Mian Rehman Ghani Regional Chairman, Javed Ahmad Baloch Regional Secretary, Islamabad and others addressing the conference urged the government to get supplied adequate fuel and gas to the closed Thermal Power Stations to ease the menace of serious load shedding and get built new Hydel and Coal fired Thermal and Wind Power Stations on an emergent basis to get provided cheaper sources of energy to the nation. They also urged the government to get raised the pay & allowances of the employees increase @ 100% on the eve of Federal budget. They vehemently demanded to the Federal Minister for Water & Power to get accepted the genuine demands of 140000 WAPDA/Electricity workers including up-gradation of the pay scales of remaining employees and grant of honoraria to the them for performing hazardous nature of their duties alike other companies. They also strongly demanded that the government should not resort privatization of National Electricity Public Utility as well as nine Thermal Power Stations in the public interest since it would raised accelerate power tariff. They also urged the government to not  out sources the post of Chief Executive Officers of DISCOs including QESCO since Departmental Engineers could do justice to this assignment.

Advice from - Osama Tariq - Joint Additional General Secretary Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union C.B.A   Lahore, Pakistan  pwf@brain.net.pk