‘Govt to compensate heirs of labourers killed, injured in Gwadar attack’

Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair on Sunday said Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has announced financial assistance for the labourers killed and injured in Saturday's firing incident in Gwadar's Pishgan area.

A million rupees each would be given to the heirs of those killed in the incident, while those injured would receive Rs500,000, he said in a statement issued from the Governor House.

The governor said the PM strongly condemned the targeting of innocent labourers and expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious human lives in the incident.

The prime minister, he said, expressed the resolve to foil every conspiracy against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with the cooperation of the people.

 

Piler condemns

The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) vehemently condemned the killing of 10 workers in Gwadar, Balochistan and demanded the government to provide security to the labourers working in sensitive areas, our correspondent adds.

In a statement issued, Piler Executive Director Karamat Ali termed it an act of terrorism and which would sabotage workers unity.

“Killing peaceful workers who went from Naushero Feroz district to earn a livelihood in Balochistan is highly condemnable and the incident has raised questions on the law enforcement agencies who have failed to protect lives,” the statement said.

He demanded the provincial government to provide compensation to the families according to the national and international laws and practices. 

Ali said it was high time that political and nationalist leaders of Balochistan and Sindh sit together and jointly condemn such incidents in which soft targets like workers are killed.

He demanded the government to thoroughly investigate the incident and arrest and take to task all the culprits and their facilitators.  It is the duty of the government and law enforcement agencies to provide security to the workers, especially those who come from other parts of the country to work in strategically important development projects in Balochistan, the statement further read.