The Sindh Assembly after arguments passed a condemn resolution against killings of two workers of the Pakistan International Airlines.
Members of the provincial assembly attended the session with black ribbons tied to their arms.
The session offered fateha for the deceased persons and prayed for the well being of injured. The condemn resolution was moved by Education Minister Nisar Khuhro which received opposition from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members.
The members said that they had filed a resolution last night and should be permitted to present the same. The MQM among opposition parties got up from their seats and protested against the government.
However, the resolution was passed with consent after ruckus in the assembly. The resolution demands establishment of a judicial commission to probe the incident. On the other hand, the PIA employees held a candlelight vigil to remember their colleagues who lost their lives on Tuesday.
Separately, funeral prayers in absentia were offered in Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar and other cities.
‘PIA WORKERS BLOOD WILL BRING CHANGE IN PAKISTAN’
Labour unions and other organisations protested on Wednesday against the proposed privatisation of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in the city.
After the killing of two employees of PIA during their peaceful protest, the activists belonging to various unions protested against the federal government.
Labour unions gave ultimatum to the federal government against the privatisation of the PIA; otherwise they warned of launching a protest again.
Leaders of different unions and organisations including Manzoor Razi, Rao Naseem, Raja Munaf, Kaneez Fatima, Roshan Kalhoro and others also addressed the protestors outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC).
Railway Workers Union, Railway Mazdoor Union, Railway Prem Union, Awami Workers Party and workers of other organisations of labours carrying placards and banners reached outside the KPC and chanted slogans against the privatization.
The protesting leaders said the privatisation was on agenda of the present government and it was ready to sell the PIA and Steel Mills.
They said that privatisation of national institutions was tantamount to privatising the whole country. Firing and shelling on peaceful protestors was continuation of dictatorship, they alleged. They paid tribute to the martyred employees and said that there blood would bring a change in Pakistan.
