Strike being observed on the call of Federal Revenue Alliance (FRA) Employees Union across the country by employees of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) entered in to 10th day on Monday and FRA members also observed token hunger strike to make their movement more convincing against the proposal of promotion of senior auditors as Assistant Commissioner (Inland Revenue).
Federal Revenue Alliance (FRA) Employees Union workers vowed to continue their movement till the acceptance of their demands. A spokesman of the Union claimed that employees of the Lahore Dry Port and employees of all the RTOs joined the union in this movement.
FRA Employees Union President Mian Abdul Qayyum, Chief Organizer Malik Aamir Riaz, President Lahore Region Syed Naeem Abbas Shah and others addressed the workers on this occasion and said that hunger strike of the employees would shake the anti-employees elements sitting in Finance Division.
FRA Employees Union President Mian Abdul Qayyum speaking on this occasion said that soon those elements would fail who wanted to usurp the rights of the employees. He said that employees would be succeeded in their struggle and today’s hunger strike is a symbol of trust of the employees in FRA leadership. He alleged that FBR employees were being exploited through out the country. He said that strike had paralyzed the revenue collection work through out the country. He said dual policy of the bureaucracy concerned had also exposed and funds of the FBR employees had been freezed and finance division was playing the role of silent spectator on it.
Mian Abdul Qayyum and other speakers said that their demands are restoration of freezed 100 per cent special at the earliest, up gradation and promotion of FBR inspectors from grade 14 to 16, withdrawal of notification of promotion of auditors as Unit In Charge/Assistant Commissioners Land Revenue and their promotion according to their own career path. Up-gradation of class-iv employees and approval for giving recruitment to children of FBR employees.
FRA puts the bite on FBR
