"The Government of Pakistan would redress the legitimate grievances
of the employees of electricity distribution companies including bringing the
contract employees on regular basis and provide safety to the line staff
against accident and occupational disease at workplaces and arraigning security
to the field staff during the course of performance of their duties for
prevention of theft of electricity and recovery of electricity revenue against
lawless elements and reviewing the ban to recruit new hand against essential
nature of jobs on account of rising work of electricity distribution system and
retirement of senior personnel day to day. These views were expressed in a bilateral meeting held by Omer Ayub Khan Federal Minister Energy (Power Division) Government of Pakistan in the presence of Irfan Ali Federal Secretary Energy and Mujahid Pervaiz Chatha Chief Executive Officer LESCO with the delegation of All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union CBA today 10th October, 2018 at Lahore.
The Delegation of the Union was led by Veteran Trade
Union Leader Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary accompanied by Haji Younas, Osama
Tariq, Rana Abdul Shakoor, Muzaffar Mateen and other representatives of the
union.
The Minister also urged to the representatives of the Union that all
efforts are required to be made out to provide Better Services to 25 Million
Electricity Consumers and get recovered the electricity revenue and prevention
of theft of electricity since loss of revenue and electricity had been imposing
circular debt.
Earlier the Delegation of the Union apprised the Federal Minister
that the contract workers had been working for years and are required to be
brought on regular cadre as well as the staff carrying out the work of prevention
of theft of electricity and recovery of electricity revenue were required to be
provided security alike Railways staff against the lawless elements and serious
shortage of the field staff had also been resulting the tragic accident of the
line staff due to over work day to day.
They assured to the Federal Minister
that it is bounden duty of the employees to perform the work of services to
electricity consumers and developing transmission and generation distribution
system successfully as prayer and service of the nation. They thanked the
Minister for the patient hearing of their problems being faced by the employees
and need to raise productivity of national public utility for accomplishing
national task."
Further information Osama Tariq pwf@brain.net.pk
Press Release and
Photographs from PSI Affiliate Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central
Labour Union (C.B.A).
Osama
Tariq - Joint
Additional General Secretary
Pakistan
Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union
C.B.A Lahore Pakistan.
Bukhtiar Labour Hall
28 Nisbet Road Lahore.
11 October 2018,
Mobile:- 0333-4276811
