KARACHI: A case has been registered against PML-Q leader and member national assembly Maravi Memon over leading protest and sit-in of the workers of National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW), Geo news reported.
The case was lodged over complaint of SHO Artillery Medaan police station.
On contacting Marvi Memon, she told Geo news that she had been informed by her counsel regarding registration of FIR against her, however, she vowed not to call off protest unless fulfillment of workers demands.
It may be recalled that the workers of NPIW have been protesting and staging sit-in outside Karachi Press Club (KPC) for last seven days for regularization of their services. [...more]
KARACHI: The sit-in organised by workers of the National Programme for Implementation of Watercourses (NPIW), and backed by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Information Secretary Marvi Memon, continued for a seventh day on Thursday outside the Karachi Press Club.
The protestors are demanding regularising their services, which had been terminated after the project was completed. The government, on its part, claimed that jobs generated were project-specific, and contract letters of the employees clearly mentioned that their jobs will cease to exist after the project concluded.
Millions were spent on the project in Sindh, which was initiated in April 2004 and completed in 2008. The project was also initiated in the other provinces, Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan, but the government maintained that the project was incomplete in Sindh, while it was completed on time in the other provinces. A senior government official said the performance of the employees was poor and substandard.
Memon, daughter of former minister, Nisar Memon, however, has been campaigning for the regularisation of NPIW workers, and has participated in the workers sit-in for the past six days.
Talking to media representatives, Memon said that she raised this issue in the National Assembly, and the prime minister even issued a directive to the authorities concerned for their regularisation.
A copy of the prime ministers statement seeking a report from the Sindh government and directives to regularise the employees was also sent to Memon, but after a couple of months, she realised that no promises will be fulfilled.
I was not taken seriously, given how the police used teargas on us near the CM House. They arrested many protesters, while the Sindh home minister or the CCPO did not even respond when I called them, Memon said.
I spoke to the prime minister, and he promised me again that he will direct the Sindh chief minister to regularise these employees. What is the purpose of the Assembly if this house cannot solve the problems of the people? I am totally disappointed with the assemblies and the system, she said.
On the part of the Sindh government, the chief minister assigned two advisers, Waqar Mehdi and Rashid Rabbani, to negotiate with leaders of the protesting employees.
It was almost decided that a summary which has already been moved by the Sindh law minister for regularisation will be signed within a day or two, and the protest will come to an end on Friday night. [...more]
DERA ISMAEL KHAN: The leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Molana Fazlur Rehman, criticizing over swiftness in process of constitutional reforms, has ruled out the issue being a political one, instead, he insisted on a thorough deliberation before reaching any decision, Geo news reported on Wednesday.
Talking to media here, he said we have put forward out reservations regarding reforms in constitution in front of constitutional reforms committee.
We have also objected to 33 percent quota for women in National Assembly seats, he said.
We are not against women quota on National Assembly seats but the same could serve nothing during tenure of former President Musharraf, being a question mark over the efficiency and performance of National Assembly, he noted.
It is enshrined in Charter of Democracy (CoD) that a commission will be formed for appointment of judges which will be headed by such Chief Justice of Pakistan who had never taken oath under Provisional Constitution Ordinance (PCO), he observed.
Fazlur Rehman said there are three key issues on the agenda of constitutional reforms committee including repeal of 17th amendment, reforms regarding provincial autonomy and amendments in constitution in line with CoDs recommendations, he maintained. [...more]
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