Women health workers in PoK protest seeking regularization, timely payment of salaries

Oct 17, 2023

PoK, 17 October 2023: - These protesters, mostly women, in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are demanding their rights as they accused the government of leaving them in the dark. Working as health workers under the Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Programme they are surviving on merely a monthly remuneration of 8,000 Pakistani rupees. On several occasions, they are not receiving their salaries on time. The protesting healthcare workers raised slogans against the government and have demanded justice from the so-called Prime Minister of PoK and other senior officials.