Sindh Education and Labour Minister SaeedGhani and Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh have said that Sindh wants that decision regarding lockdown should be taken at the national level. The federal government has opposed the opening of markets and malls. They said that they don’t want to make the matter controversial. They were addressing a joint press conference at Sindh Assembly Auditorium on Wednesday. “Political point scoring should not be done in the current situation. The federal government should immediately waive the bills of domestic consumers using 200 units of electricity and domestic consumers using up to 2,000 units of gas. The two-month bills of mosques and madrassas should be waived. The federal government should help in the health sector in all the provinces. We have no interest in closing down anyone’s job, business and factories but these are unpopular decisions and we are making these decisions keeping in view the lives and health of the people. It does not seem possible to open educational institutions in Sindh from June 1, but the final decision will be taken after a meeting of the steering committee of the education department.” Secretary Labor Sindh Rashid Solangi was also present on the occasion. SaeedGhani said that the notification was issued by both the departments of Labor and Education, of which I have portfolios, on the instructions of the Chief Minister of Sindh, as soon as the lockdown started, that the employees working in these two departments Employers will also pay salaries and will not be fired. He said that in this regard, the labor department has received 61 complaints regarding non-payment of salaries and 12 complaints regarding dismissal, out of which 73 complaints have been received that some factory owners have been forced to resign. Ghani said that in this regard we have initiated action against all of them while for registration of complaints in this regard phone number 021-99243822 and fax number 021-99243355 have also been published through advertisements in newspapers, where Workers will be able to register their grievances. “In this regard, I also request all factory owners to ensure payment of salaries to the workers instead of making them unemployed, and in this regard, the SBP has announced a loan policy, which But we demand from the federation to fix these loans without interest or at least 1 to 2% interest. Meanwhile, warning letters have also been issued to 158 schools. He said that if parents or teachers have any grievances regarding the education department, they can lodge their grievances on 0333-2343148, 03333932441 or 03337036425.
