Sanitary workers of RWMC demand CM Shehbaz to provide protection against firing incidents
Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Sanitary workers of Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) on Sunday demanded Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif to protect them against firing incidents and order an inquiry to know who are behind incidents of firing over Waste Management staff that resulted death of one worker Karamat Masih on Friday.
President of Municipal Workers League of RWMC Haji Farooq, Chairman Changaiz Bhatti, Secretary General Younis Ghuri and senior vice president Malik Shakeel in statement demanded Chief Minister Punjab Shahbez Sharif to order an inquiry in a series of cases of firing incidents over sanitary workers of Rawalpindi.
Leadership of Municipal Workers League claim that sanitary workers of Rawalpindi had been targeted by unkown persons in past and several workers had been injured but police did not take the issue seriously.
They added that sanitary workers were again targeted on Friday and unknown persons opened fire on workers, resulting in the death of Karamat Masih while four workers got injuries. They stated that deceased Karamat Masih was sole bread earner of his family and now his family was without financial resources. They demanded that Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif should arrange financial support for the family of deceased Karamat Masih.
It may be mentioned that several sanitary workers had been targeted of firing incidents conducted by unknown persons in recent past.
The recent attack on sanitary workers of Albarak Waste Management Company took place on Data Ganj Baksh Road in Sadiqabad area on Friday early morning when two unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle targeted three sanitary workers. Karamat Masih died in this incident while his two co-workers were seriously injured.
