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Thursday, February 16, 2012
NADRA offices across Balochistan shut downQUETTA: Contractual employees of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) across Balochistan went on a strike on Wednesday, demanding the authorities to regularise their services.
This sudden halt in NADRA operations has badly affected various national as well as provincial projects that were being handled by its employees. Employees Welfare Association members and other employees shut down NADRA offices across the province to register their protest. “We have stopped the routine work across Balochistan and the offices are locked,” a statement issued by the NADRA Employees Welfare Association read.
Meanwhile, NADRA employees staged a protest demonstration outside the NADRA Headquarters in Quetta and raised slogans against the government for not fulfilling their demands. The protesting employees are currently working on preparing Computerised National Identity Cards and firearm licences, as well as on the BISP and projects related to Afghan refugees. According to the statement, the prime minister and the interior minister had announced regularising the services of NADRA employees, but the decision was not implemented. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk