KARACHI: More than 9,500 Christian workers of the civic agencies did not receive their salaries before their annual Christmas festival. Therefore in protest the workers have announced that they would celebrate Christmas on the road along the Karachi Press Club. Earlier, Muslim as well as Hindu workers were also not paid in time and could not celebrate their respective religious festivals — Eidul Azha and Diwali. The Sindh High Court passed an order on December 19 for the Christian workers to be paid by December 20, 2017 so that they could celebrate Christmas, but the Sindh government bureaucracy did not follow the court order. They also urged the Sindh High Court chief justice to take suo motu notice of this “criminal act” of the KWSB management.

Source: Pakistan Today December 25, 2017 06:11 UTC