Radio Pakistan Pindi contract employees unpaid for 8 months
The contractual employees working in different sections of Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi have voiced strong protest against non-disbursement of salary for the last eight months.
The contractual employees said that payments were regularly made to permanent employees of the radio, while meting out discrimination to them. This has pushed them to the brink of financial collapse, they added.
They said that it was a fact that the contractual employees burn the midnight oil and execute all major programmes, but their toil and work hardly gets any recognition.
“The regular employees turn up only for a few hours and that too just to mark their attendance. On the other hand, the contractual workers are burdened with most of the work with a minimum reward,” said a visibly frustrated employee requesting not to be named. According to him, the axe only falls on the daily wagers and contractual employees if they dared to protest.
A source in Radio Pakistan Islamabad told the news agency that the picture was no different in the capital office. The contractual employees have been receiving late payments. The source said that senior management spent radio funds on “frivolous projects” and Radio Pakistan Islamabad has been facing financial crunch to make payments to the contractual employees.
The contractual employees in Rawalpindi warned that they will be compelled to stage a sit-in outside the ministry of information and broadcasting if the issue of their pending salaries was not resolved immediately.
Attempts were made to take the version of Radio Pakistan Director General Saba Mohsin, but she could not be reached for comments. An official at the DG office claimed that the issue will soon be resolved as the government has allocated funds for radio in the current budget.
Archives
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- September 2023
- July 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- April 2021
- February 2021
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- June 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- December 2011
- October 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
Calendar
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Leave a Reply