PIA privatization: Employees' families join in as protest enters Day-12
Relatives of the employees have appealed to the government to withdraw the decision of privatization
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Relatives of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) employees have also joined in as the protests against the privatization of the national airline on Friday entered the 12th day. The relatives have demanded from the government to withdraw the privatization decision, reported Dunya News.
According to details, children and family members of the employees also came for the sit-in as the protests entered Day-12. The children of the employees said on this occasion that the privatization of PIA will darken their futures as well.
The women said that the employees are fired from their jobs whenever an institution is privatized. They said that the government shouldn’t do things that would equivalent to their financial murder.
The protesters and their families staged the sit-in in outside PIA head office in Karachi.
Also read: PIA employees banned from airports, govt refuses to show flexibility
Government has on Friday refused to show any flexibility and has banned Pakistan International Airline (PIA) employees at the airports. At the same time, 36,000 passengers keeping confirmed tickets of the national airline weren’t paid any heed by the private airlines despite government promises, reported Dunya News.
Till now, PIA employees used to come to the airports daily, mark their attendance and leave for the protests but now Airport Security Force (ASF) has retaliated by cancelling PIA employees’ entry passes and given them a clear message that now they will either protest or work at the office.
PIA employees’ strike has so far been a headache for over 36,000 passengers who had confirmed tickets of the national airline. The strategy to strike deals with the private airlines has also failed.
Entry passes of the employees have been cancelled and entry into the airports has been denied them.
