PESHAWAR
\nThousands of lady health workers (LHWs) from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged a protest sit-in at Assembly Chowk on Tuesday, demanding the immediate implementation of long-standing promises regarding their service regularization and scale upgradation.
\nThe protest, which led to the closure of Khyber Road and Radio Pakistan Road, caused massive traffic jams and severe hardship for commuters under the scorching sun. Holding placards and banners inscribed with their demands, the protesters raised slogans against the provincial government and the health department\u2019s senior officials.
\nSpeaking at the sit-in, representatives of the protesting workers accused the provincial government of showing indifference toward their issues. \u201cLady health workers are the backbone of the health department, yet we are denied the basic rights and privileges we are entitled to,\u201d one protester said.
\nThe LHWs expressed frustration that despite a resolution passed by the KP Assembly calling for their scale upgradation and service regulation, senior health officials failed to act, allegedly discarding the resolution without consideration.
\n\u201cNo official has approached us for negotiations yet. We will only speak to the health minister directly,\u201d said a protest leader, vowing to continue the protest until their demands are officially accepted and implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Thousands of lady health workers (LHWs) from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged a protest sit-in at Assembly Chowk on Tuesday, demanding the immediate implementation of long-standing promises regarding their service regularization and scale upgradation. The protest, which led to the closure of Khyber Road and Radio Pakistan Road, caused massive traffic jams and severe hardship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-peshawar"],"yoast_head":"\n