HYDERABAD: APCA protest plan

Published April 8, 2009

HYDERABAD, April 7 A meeting of the general council of All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA), Sindh chapter threatened of staging protest rallies and sit-ins in all district headquarters on April 9, 23 & 30 if the charter of their demands, submitted to the prime minister, was not accepted.

Provincial President, APCA, Syed Amanullah Shah chaired the meeting.

The association believed the government would resolve the problems of employees from Grade 2 to 16 he said and demanded 100 per cent increase in house rent, medical allowance and salary. —Bureau

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