HYDERABAD, Oct 22: A large number of OGDC employees under the banner of Mazdoor Ittehad Union (CBA) staged a demonstration and about two dozen workers observed token hunger strike outside the local press club to protest against the proposed privatisation of Qadirpur gas field.
Speaking on the occasion, Sain Bux Daho, Abdul Hameed Arian, Ghulam Haider Lashari and other union leaders said that the Oil and Gas Development Corporation played a key role in development of country’s economy and the government was earning of Rs4.5 billion per annum from Qadirpur gas field.
They appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari to reconsider the decision to dispose of Qadirpur gas field.
They vowed to resist the privatization of the OGDC whatever the cost.
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