{"id":11857,"date":"2023-10-07T17:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T17:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pen-down-strike-stymies-official-work-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T17:41:12","slug":"pen-down-strike-stymies-official-work-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pen-down-strike-stymies-official-work-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pen-down strike stymies official work | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nRAWALPINDI:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">Various collectives and associations of government employees \u2013 including clerks and teachers \u2013 continued their pen-down strike and protests against the privatization of government schools, and changes to leave encashment and pension regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">As part of the protests, teachers stayed away from classrooms for a second successive day, with the boycott expected to continue on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">The leaders announced that if their demands were not met by then, they would march to Lahore and surround the chief minister\u2019s office. There will be no classes on October 10 across the province, they warned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">Last month, the Punjab School Education Department released a revised list of 11,048 public schools slated for privatisation, including 1,134 government schools in the Rawalpindi Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">The protesters included members of the All Pakistan Clerks Associations (APCA) and All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA), with their officeholders claiming that the amendment to pension regulations had drastically reduced their payouts as compared to public servants in other provinces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fida Naqvi, while addressing protesters, said that conveyance allowance was set in 2013 when petrol was Rs65 were litre. Now, it is above Rs300, he pointed out. \u201cEvery employee should be given a monthly conveyance allowance of Rs15000.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another speaker pointed out that medical allowance had also not been upgraded despite constant inflation that broke records this year.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"background-color:white\">Published in The Express Tribune, October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Various collectives and associations of government employees \u2013 including clerks and teachers \u2013 continued their pen-down strike and protests against the privatization of government schools, and changes to leave encashment and pension regulations. 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