MQM-P disapproves merger of employees of power generation companies in HESCO.

HYDERABAD -- The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has disapproved of the merger of the employees of the power generation companies in Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO). The MQM-P's MNA Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani, MPA Rashid Khilji and Hyderabad Organizer Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui here Sunday met a delegation of Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Union CBA Jamshoro chapter. Qaimkhani said it was regrettable that the employees of the power generation companies including the Thermal power House and Lakhra Power House were put in a surplus pool and later transferred to the power distribution company HESCO. He said demotion of all those surplus employees during their adjustment in a new company was not acceptable. The MNA urged the government to review its decision.

The delegation led by Samiullah Khan requested the MNA to take up their issue in the National Assembly. Earlier on May 21, Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) had transferred and merged...