KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah on Friday formed a four member committee headed by provincial minister Shazia Marri in order to resolve the issue of the sacking of 4,000 employees by the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC).

A protest by the sacked employees was still going on outside the KESC head office adjacent to the Gizri grid.

The demonstration had started Thursday morning when hundreds of sacked employees erupted into protest shocked by their dismissal. Some of them vented their anger on KESC officials and property.

Earlier, reacting to the sacking of more than 4,000 employees by the KESC, MQM chief Altaf Hussain warned the power utility to reinstate them or face a ‘peaceful movement’.