A citizen of Toba Tek Singh has raised voice against the Pakistan International Airlines the alleged inconvenience he had to face during a journey due to its “negligence and deceitfulness”.

24-01-2015

Toba Tek Singh.(www.apnapirmahal.com)24-01-2015:.A citizen of Toba Tek Singh has raised voice against the Pakistan International Airlines the alleged inconvenience he had to face during a journey due to its “negligence and deceitfulness”. In a complaint submitted to the aviation division secretary against PIA, Karamat Ali said that he and his wife travelled on Jan 21 by PK 340 flight from Karachi to Faisalabad. Addressing a press conference at the Press Club here, he added that the flight was scheduled to leave Karachi at 05:15 but after about three hours they were told that it has been delayed and will not depart at 09:00. Likewise, it was repeatedly delayed, he said. The reason was declared the bad weather in Faisalabad, he said, and alleged that actual reason was the unavailability of an aircraft for the trip as per terminal operator of the PIA at Karachi. The flight finally departed at 15:10 with airline promise to the passengers that if it lands at Lahore, they would be sent Faisalabad by buses. He added that the plane landed at Lahore but their luggage did not appear on the belt timely and there were just two junior staffers on duty and they showed their helplessness to arrange the buses. He questioned why so many passengers were issued boarding cards if there was no aircraft available at Karachi. He said that on the direction of the aviation division secretary, PIA customer relations manager GR Pathan has informed him that investigation had been ordered into his allegations.Kiln workers for end to bonded labour: Speakers at a convention held on Friday claimed that over 20,000 kiln workers in the district were not being paid the government-fixed wages of Rs 888 per 1,000 bricks, and also flayed government’s ineffective role to end bonded labour. They added that  instead, the kiln owners pay them just Rs400 to Rs500 per 1,000 bricks. Awaz Labour Forum President Arif Qazi, Sajid Majeed, Ayub Anjum, Asif Nadim, M Shabbir, Sajida Perveen, Klement Kemey, Nusrat Ghouri and Akash Ashfaq stated that the bonded labour was a routine matter and the workers are exploited by giving them advance payment defying the Supreme Court order in this regard. They also criticised the district administration for its failure to get the SC and government orders implemented regarding the bonded labour and wages. They said social security facilities were not available to the workers as they had not been issued cards.  They demanded that the district vigilance committee members should visit the kilns to know the problems of the workers and to include genuine workers in the committee.

Toba Tek Singh.(www.apnapirmahal.com)24-01-2015:.Speakers during a kiln workers convention Friday urged the district vigilance committee members to visit brick kilns to get first-hand knowledge about woes of workers.The convention as addressed by Awaz labour forum president Arif Qazi, Sajid Majeed, Ayub Anjum, Asif Nadeem, Muhammad Shabbir, Sajida Perveen, Klement Kemey, Nusrat Ghouri and Akash Ashfaq.The speakers said some 20,000 workers are working at brick kilns in the district and the brick kiln owners are giving them Rs 400 to Rs 500 for 1,000 bricks instead of governments’ fixed rates as Rs 888 for 1,000 bricks.They said the workers in other words are forced to do bonded labour.They also slammed the district government’s apathy towards the workers’ welfare.They said cards and other facilities offered by the Social Security Department and Labour Department are not available for th

Toba Tek Singh.(www.apnapirmahal.com)24-01-2015:.Farmers of Chak 321/GB, Pirmahal, have demanded compensation against their land being used for constructing a link road.Talking to newsmen here on Wednesday, they said that a road was being constructed from their village up to Shorkot Cantonment and a contractor had allegedly occupied their land for the project without issuing them any notice. They said that when they asked him to pay compensation, he asked them to contact the Highways Department. They said that when they contacted Sub-Engineer Khalid Mahmood, he told them compensation would be given to them after completion of the project. They have demanded immediate payment of compensation to them

Toba Tek Singh.(www.apnapirmahal.com)24-01-2015:.Kamalia traders on Wednesday staged a demonstration at Delhi Chowk against prolonged power outages.The protesters were chanting slogans against the Fesco. They said that the Fesco was conducting 12 hours loadshedding in the area. They have demanded local parliamentarians to press the government to end the loadshedding.