Firefighters call off strike on mayor's assurances.

KARACHI -- The fire brigade staff of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on Saturday called off their strike after the municipal administration assured them that they would be paid their dues at the earliest.

The firefighters had gone on strike against non-payment of risk allowance and other dues to them for the past many months. The staff got back to their duty after Mayor Wasim Akhtar assured them of payment of dues, said official sources.

They said the firefighters would receive one month's fire risk allowance before next Friday and efforts would be made to disburse the allowance regularly from next month. The firefighters would be paid all dues after...

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