PWD employees protest: Srinagar Highway blocked

ISLAMABAD: Disgruntled employees of the Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD) have blocked the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad from both sides.

Workers of PWD from all over Pakistan have arrived at G-9 DG Office and are protesting against the abolishment of their department.

The protestors have blocked both sides of the Srinagar Highway at the G-9 sector in Islamabad and have staged a sit-in.
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Due to the blockage long queues of car and traffic chaos are witnessed on this main highway and traffic.

The government had decided to abolish the Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD) due to its years-long ‘poor performance and corruption’.

We will continue our protest against this injustice and the move to lay off around 10,000 employees of the Pak-PWD – one of the oldest department in the country, the protestors said

It was highlighted that the PWD was established in 1854, while it was named Pak-PWD after independence. The department has the expertise in building construction and maintenance, whereas the other state-owned entities had the expertise in infrastructure development only.