Faisalabad power-loom workers protest for better working conditions.

FAISALABAD -- Hundreds of power-loom workers staged a sit-in outside the deputy commissioner's office here to press for their demand of appropriate raise in their wages. Protesting power-loom workers associated with the Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) staged a nine-hours long sit-in protest outside the DC office.

Addressing the workers their leaders said if their demands not accepted they will go to protest in the province. District administration Faisalabad has summoned a meeting of power-loom owners on Tuesday.

The workers' sit-in suspended traffic on the District Council Road. The deputy commissioner...