KARACHI, May 14: Deputy Convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Nasreen Jalil has criticized the management of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation for what she termed discriminatory attitude in payment of 20 per cent secretariat allowance to its employees in Sindh, working at its Karachi, Hyderabad and Khairpur centres.

In a statement, she said these employees had been deprived of their allowances despite rulings by the high court and the supreme court in their favour.

“It is unfortunate that around 100 petitioners in Sindh have expired awaiting the payments of allowances,” she said.

Demanding that the PBC authorities do away with its parochial approach immediately, she said the issue would be raised by the MQM at all forums for its redress.

Mrs Jalil said the employees had filed their constitutional petition (No 2117/95) before the High Court of Sindh which was decided in favour of the employees of the PBC and two other government departments — the Press Information Department and the Pakistan Agriculture and Livestock Department — in 1998.

The two departments made payment to their employees but the PBC went in appeal before the Supreme Court and the appeal was dismissed.

However, in 2001, the PBC begun paying the allowance to itsemployees in Peshawar and also in other provinces, she further added.