Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) and Labour Party Pakistan jointly held a demonstration outside Lahore Press Club on Monday to protest the excesses of brick kiln owners and non-implementation of official wages.
The protestors were carrying placards and banners bearing slogans in favour of their demands. Addressing the protestors, Mehmood Butt, General Secretary, BLLF; Farooq Tariq, General Secretary, Labour Party Pakistan; Mohammad Afzal Sroya, General Secretary, Punjab chapter; LPP, Nazli Javed, Finance Secretary and other leaders said that in violation of the decision of the higher courts, kiln labourers are being placed in slaved category. The labour of 1000 bricks should not be less than Rs 500, they demanded. The official rate of Rs 295 is not being payed by the brick kiln owners to the kiln labourers, especially in the urban areas.