Raza Naqvi Attock
Attock based labour organizations have also pledged to continue their struggles for protecting the fundamental rights of the working class besides paying glowing tributes to the martyrs of Chicago on the International Labour Day here on Wednesday with great enthusiasm and devotion in line with other parts of the world.
The workers different labour unions include All Pakistan PWD, APCA, Building highway department and other different unions, led by their leaders have also taken over rallies from their offices to Chowk Fowara Attock. They were holding play cards inscribing with their demands for regularization of contractual employees, increase in their salary matching with the recent inflation and other incentives.
Speaking on the occasion, chairman all Pakistan pwd union Attock Rana Faisal has highlighted the importance of worker with the advice to honour the labour class earning Rizq e Hilal being a closed friend of Allah instead of whispers. He demanded of the government to control over the historic price rocketing, load shedding of power, gas and announced further relief the poor and middle class segment of society besides installation of solar system free of cost. He also demanded the govt to permanent the temporary employees.
The gathering was also attended by Rana Akram, Adv Rana afsar ali, Manzoor elahi Building department, yasir yousaf zai of APCA with the collective pray to Allah for the socio-development of the country through implementation of Islamic Shariya in its true letter and spirits. Earlier, large number of labours also paid rich tributes to the martyrs of Chicago who laid down supreme sacrifices of their lives this day 137 years ago in 1886 in the United State’s ancient city.
The observance of the international labor day in a simple manner was aimed at to pay rich tributes to those workers and laborers who laid down their lives for the achievement of their rights this day 137 years ago in Chicago city of the United States of America. The laborers observed May 1st to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of the laborers who laid down their lives this day in 1886 while struggling for the achievement of the rights of their colleagues in Chicago.