Government employees in Pakistan, under the banner of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA), staged a protest outside the Pakistan Secretariat on Wednesday, demanding better salaries and the reversal of recent pension reforms, as reported by the Dawn.
Hundreds of activists from the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) Punjab protested outside the civil secretariat against recent cuts to pension, gratuity, and leave encashment, as reported by the Dawn.
The Lahore police on Thursday launched a crackdown and arrested more than 230 protesters of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) Punjab, many of them teachers, who were holding a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat against the proposed privatisation of public schools, amendme
The All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) have started a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat in Lahore in protest of the proposed sale of public schools, changes to pension rules, and a halt to leave encashment.
They said that the government had recently introduced pension reforms that were not acceptable to them. They said the 35 per cent deduction in pension of government employees was an injustice. They added that the decision was not acceptable to government employees.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 25 (ANI): Pakistan government's employees announced to stage a demonstration outside the Parliament House on September 14, demanding a 100 per cent increase in house rent, medical and conveyance allowances, local media reported.