{"id":6973,"date":"2026-07-22T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:48:40","slug":"wapda-hydro-electric-workers-union-holds-protest-sit-in-against-privatization-warns-of-nationwide-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6973","title":{"rendered":"WAPDA Hydro Electric Workers Union Holds Protest Sit-in Against Privatization, Warns of Nationwide Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUKKUR:<\/strong> The <strong>All Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA), SEPCO Region Sukkur<\/strong>, staged a protest demonstration and sit-in on <strong>Minara Road<\/strong> against the proposed privatization of WAPDA companies, employees&#8217; issues, and other pending demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protesters urged the government to immediately accept their demands and warned that if their legitimate concerns were not addressed, the union would launch a <strong>countrywide protest movement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration was led by <strong>Regional Secretary Haji Khalil-ur-Rehman Domki<\/strong>, along with <strong>Shujaat Hussain Ghumro, Nazar Muhammad Memon, Maqsood Ahmed Mallah, Shamsuddin, Aqeel Ahmed Dayo, Ashfaq Ahmed Mahar, Javed Ahmed Abbasi, Abdul Malik Soomro, Abid Gopang<\/strong>, and other union leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large number of union members participated in the protest, carrying banners and placards displaying slogans in support of their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the gathering, union leaders strongly opposed the government&#8217;s proposed privatization of <strong>WAPDA and electricity distribution companies<\/strong>, declaring that such a policy would not be accepted under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They emphasized that employees&#8217; rights would be protected at all costs and called on the authorities to resolve all legitimate issues facing the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speakers also expressed optimism that the scheduled discussions on <strong>July 24<\/strong> would result in positive progress regarding employees&#8217; concerns, including the payment of bonuses and other pending matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union leadership reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding workers&#8217; rights, stating that it would continue its struggle while seeking to resolve all issues through dialogue, consultation, and negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUKKUR: The All Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA), SEPCO Region Sukkur, staged a protest demonstration and sit-in on Minara Road against the proposed..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leading"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1.jpeg",1600,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1-300x169.jpeg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1-768x432.jpeg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1-1024x576.jpeg",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1-1536x864.jpeg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-22-at-2.35.59-PM-1.jpeg",1600,900,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Leading<\/a>","tag_info":"Leading","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}