KARACHI:Dismissed employees of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) staged a protest in Karachi on Thursday against their lay-offs.
They attacked the KESC office near Gizri area, demanding their immediate reinstatement.
KESC laid off over 4,000 workers on Wednesday, under a cost-cutting drive to make the utility financially viable.
A company press release put it as the elimination of a number of its [KESCs] non-core and redundant functions.
KESC Spokesperson, Ayesha Arabi told a private TV channel that these employees were offered a golden handshake.
Arabi claims they were offerred to take their retirement voluntarily however, they declined it.
The fired employees include sanitary workers, security guards, bill distributors, attendants and drivers. The company announced that non-core office jobs have been outsourced. At the same time, other positions such as petrol pump attendant, office time keeper, junior office attendant, daftari and typist have been abolished.
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