KARACHI – In what appears to be the making of yet another Academy Award triumph, non–profit organisation The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) has fired around a dozen of its employees amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. In a series of tweets, one of the laid off employees, Raza Gilani, alleged that he and twelve other employees were fired. Gillani alleged that despite their right to serve a one-month notice, as per employment contract, they were fired ‘with immediate effect’. The workers from CAP have been fired, so that I can make a documentary on the plight of workers being fired – especially in Pakistan, where there are so many other problems as well,” said Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, while talking to The Dependent. The Academy Award winning filmmaker further revealed that the CAP’s decision to pay the fired employees a month’s salary following social media backlash was also taken keeping the upcoming documentary in mind.

Source: Pakistan Today April 04, 2020 12:45 UTC