MARDAN
The People’s Unity Postal Employees Union organized a protest rally in front of the Press Club against the privatization of the postal department.
All Pakistan clerks association (Apca) central general secretary Aurangzeb Kashmiri, Provincial President PUPEU Qaiser Khan Qalandar, Minority Leader former MPA Ravi Kumar, GPO President Shahbaz Khan, General Secretary Khalid Khan, Chairman Zahoor Khan and other led the protest rally. Large numbers of postal employees attended the rally.
The participants of the rally chanted slogans against the federal government and privatization of the postal department.
Later on addressing a news conference at Mardan press club the union leaders strongly condemned the government decision of privatization of the postal department. Speakers said the government is not ending its luxuries but national institutions are being destroyed in the name of privatization.
They said that the privatization is being done with the connivance of the officers of the postal department.
They accused the officers of opening private couriers. They argued that the employees are being pressured to increase the revenue of the department.
They speakers argued that if the postal department was in loss then why 7000 recruitments were made during the PDM government. They added that the government is abolishing national identity institutions PIA, railways, PWD, Pakistan postal and utility stores.
Speakers said that 40,000 more employees of the postal department are not ready to accept the government’s decision in any case.
They added that management Boards have been empowered by taking the powers from DG Postal which is a cruel and excessive act.
The speakers warned that if the government did not stop the economic killing of postal employees and did not withdraw the decision of privatization, they would be forced to stage sit-in at Islamabad and the government will be responsible for it.
