Sui Northern Executive Officers Association (SNEOA) observed strike on Monday along with the Employees Union of SNGPL at the company's head-office and regional offices all over Punjab against the arrest of Executive Engineer Shahid Shaukat by Federal Investigation Agency on the charges of corruption and abuse of power.
Earlier the employees of Lahore office along with the employees of head office staged a protest rally from the head office to the Lahore Press Club. They were chanting slogans against the arrest of their officer, and were holding placards inscribed with their demands.
They said that almost a week had been passed but concerned authorities had done nothing for Shahid's release. According to SNGPL officials, they would continue their protest till the release of Shahid Shaukat and appealed to the concerned authorities to play their role for the prompt release of the duty-bound and dedicated company executive.
The protesters told Business Recorder that the boycott would continue until charges against Shaukat were dropped, adding that Shaukat was being victimised for exposing the corruption of influential people.
They also said the UFG campaign would suffer if such kind of actions were taken against honest officials like Shaukat who disconnected hundreds of illegal connections of influential people involved in gas theft.
Due to the strike, consumers faced inconvenience who visited the offices on Monday with complaints. The consumers said they were facing difficulties due to the consecutive strike on the third working day.
Muhammad Akbar, one such consumer, said he had been visiting the office for several days seeking correction in excessive gas bill. He said while the staff had earlier been asking him to visit later, on Monday he was told that there was going to be an indefinite boycott of work.
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