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KARACHI, Oct 4: Taking strong exception to the strike being observed by sanitary workers and drivers, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the city government will not bow to any pressure of strikes.
During a meeting with the striking workers, led by union leader Kaneez Fatima in his office on Friday, the Nazim said strike culture would not be tolerated in the city government. However, he maintained that negotiation doors were open to all.
Mr Khan said the city government would work for the redressal of everybody’s problems, but “I will not bow to threats and pressures of blackmailing, and if the strike is not ended, I will get the job done through the elected representatives and will also participate in it,” he remarked.
He said the issue pertaining to pending dues dated back to the defunct KMC times before the city government was formed and all these matters could only be resolved through negotiations.
The issues will only be discussed after the workers resumed their duties, he stated, adding that Karachi is the city of all, including those who clean the streets, and they should understand their responsibility to keep the city clean rather than going on strike.
JOBS FOR DISABLED: Disabled persons are an integral part of society and can contribute significantly towards the development of the departments that they serve.
Considering this, the city government will provide jobs to disabled persons in accordance with the law and prevailing policies to make them practically successful in life, said Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan, during a visit to the DIVA Academy here on Friday.
The DIVA Academy is an institution for children with impaired hearing and speech problems. Naimatullah Khan laid the foundation stone of a new building block and promised to try his best to resume the grant for the Academy that was being given by the now defunct KMC.
He lauded the work of the Academy and said that providing services to humanity is a holy act of devotion, and that special children are dear to the Almighty.
However, it is our duty to make sure that all special children and disabled persons are provided their due rights in society, he observed.
Speaking at the occasion, Chairman of the Academy, Mr Lodhi, mentioned that the institution is teaching skills to special children for the last 35 years, and its present enrolment is 900 pupils.
He informed that this is the only institution in the country to provide university level education, including B.A. and computer science education, to special children.—PPI
