QUETTA: While security forces have launched a search operation in Duki and nearby areas, the whereabouts of the coal miners kidnapped by armed men in the Duki coalfield area could not be traced despite the passage of four days.

Members of the Pakistan Central Mines Labour Federation along with a large number of coal miners took out a rally from the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation to the press club.

In their addresses, PCMLF chairman Abdul Sattar and secretary general Sultan Mohammad Khan supported the miners’ demands, including the recovery of kidnapped miners and payment of compensation to the heirs of those killed in the Zardalo coalfield.

The protesters held the labour department and mines directorate responsible for failing to fulfill their responsibilities for the implementation of labour laws.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2024