Peshawar:
The provincial capital witnessed a fusion of full traffic on Wednesday when thousands of government employees took to the streets, organizing a massive protest and sitting at the Chowk assembly that blocked Khyber Road and other key arteries, including access routes to hospitals, for more than 10 hours.
The protest, organized under the flag of the Great Alliance of Government employees, began with a demonstration that marched from the Government Secondary School No. 1 to the Chowk Assembly.
The protesters increased the slogans that demanded an in -line salary increase with federal scales, a minimum wage of RS50,000 for workers and the restoration of the previous pension mechanism.
Participants included members of all the main departments, including teachers, employees and health workers. Protesters rejected the recently introduced contributory pension plan (CPC), insisting on a return to the traditional pension model.
In addition to salary parity and pension reform, protesters demanded compliance with previous promises regarding the improvement of teachers, and asked that health workers be granted BPS-9 and BPS-15 depending on age.
The protesters said they had already had conversations with the provincial finance advisor, but said he refused to accept their demands.
As the demonstration entered its final stages, government representatives extended an invitation to negotiations.
Conversations were held between the union leaders and a government committee, during which the employees were sure that their demands would be reviewed and their approaches.
After several hours of protest, and the light of the government guarantee, the seated was peacefully suspended.
