ISLAMABAD, June 9: Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah has assured the sacked workers of the United Bank Limited that they would be reinstated after removing the complications in the Reinstatement Ordinance.
The minister, also head of the committee formed to tackle issue of the sacked employees, extended this assurance during a meeting with a delegation representing these employees of the UBL at the minister’s chamber in the Parliament House here on Tuesday. Mr Shah told the delegation that their case did not come under 27-B Section of the ordinance due to which there were some legal complications in their reinstatement.
Chairman Central Action Committee for Sacked Employees, Muhammad Anwar Usmani, however assured the delegation that the government would look into their case soon after the budget.
A seven member delegation of sacked employees of the UBL headed by the committee chairman met with the federal minister. Senator Raza Rabani was also present on the occasion.
During the meeting, the delegation demanded the minister to reinstate the 5,416 UBL employees, who were sacked from their services on 12 October, 1997. —Staff Reporter
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