May 12, 2006	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 13, 1427

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HYDERABAD, May 11: District Naib Nazim Zafar Rajput on Thursday formed a seven-member reconciliation committee to settle a dispute between brick kiln-owners and workers in taluka Hyderabad.

The committee has been asked to come up with a uniform code of conduct for better working relationship between kiln- owners and workers to avert any confrontation.

The zila naib nazim, presiding over a meeting, said employers and employees were equally responsible for maintaining industrial peace. Disputes between partners not only adversely affected business activities, but also development in the area concerned, he added.

He said the district government had received some complaints about non-provision of health facilities and precautionary measures to protect the workers of brick kilns against carbon dioxide. The district government, he said, being the custodian of people, would not allow anyone to deprive workers of their basic rights or means of livelihood.

He said the district government was following a balanced policy to provide friendly atmosphere to investors/ employers and protect the basic rights of employees.

However, he made it clear that miscreants and so-called leaders would not be allowed to exploit the workers or blackmail the investors. The district government would try its best to promote friendly environment and better working relationship between the employers and the employees by introducing the code of conduct, he vowed.

The district naib nazim asked the brick kiln owners to help the committee formulate a uniform code of conduct and to implement.

He stressed the need for providing health facilities and adopting safety measures and protecting financial rights of the workers.

On the occasion, Sindh Brick Kiln Owners Association president Bahram Khan, general secretary Mohammad Farooque and 35 members of their association said some workers of an NGO were misguiding and exploiting the workers to blackmail the management.

The NGO was not only interfering in the matters of their business, but had also set-up camp offices in the relevant area and were creating a law and order situation there.

They also informed the meeting that residential, and credit facilities had been provided to the workers at the site, but being illiterate, they were being misguided by those so-called NGO leaders.

Endorsing the comments of the district naib nazim, the office-bearers assured the meeting that they would not deprive any worker of his job and would abide by the code of conduct to be formulated by the committee.

Hyderabad (rural) Taluka Nazim Khawand Bux Jahejo, who was appointed as the head of reconciliation committee and was present in the meeting, called a meeting of the body on May 13, at 11am at his office to probe into the matter and submit his report for settlement of dispute between brick kiln owners and workers.

Members of the committee are UC nazim from taluka Hyderabad (rural) Abdullah Shaikh, UC nazim from Qasimabad Mehboob Abro, UC nazim from Hyderabad city Mohammad Ali Gohar, member district council Farhat Khan Advocate and two representatives of the Sindh Brick Kiln Owners Association.

BISE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Hyderabad has announced that annual examinations 2006 for the Higher Secondary Certificate part-I and II (class-XI and XII) will commence from May 16.

It said this year about 58,727 candidates would appear in the examination for which 90 examination centres have been established in the jurisdiction of the board.

Appointment letters to supervisory staff, internal and external superintendents, timetable and admit cards have been issued to candidates.

The staff engaged for examination duty would be issued identity cards with photographs and full particulars along with national identity card by the internal superintendents of the centres to ensure transparency.

The management advised that if any candidate had not received the examination slip or had any other problem, he/she should contact the board’s authorities on telephone Nos. 9260275, 9260277, 9260278, 9260281 and 9260283 from 9am to 6:30pm.