KARACHI: A large number of lady health workers (LHW) protested Thursday against non-payment of salaries for the past five months. The disconcerted health workers protested outside Polo Ground in the city. The protesting LHWs blocked the road from Shaheen Complex to PIDC disrupting the flow of traffic. Multiple protests and sit-ins have been carried out by agitated health workers, who are the ones on the front line when drives such as those against polio are carried out. Not only in Sindh but across Pakistan LHWs have been protesting since a few years for various reasons, including those pertaining to their upgradation, regularisation and non-payment of salaries.

Source: Pakistan Today November 16, 2017 10:07 UTC