South Korean police on 16 April attacked a peaceful rally of more than 10,000 people in Seoul as they marked the one year anniversary of the Sewol Ferry disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 304 passengers, the majority of whom were high school students.
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Islamabad, Oct 29: Three labourers of the Metro bus project have received burn injuries after being electrocuted while working on the project. According to the details, three laborers of Metro bus project were electrocuted and sustained burn injuries when they were tiding the shuttering near Kulsoom Chowk, Blue Area. The injured laborers identified as Shahjahan, Badal Shah and Irfan were immediately shifted to PIMS hospital. Badal Shah was declared critical and has been shifted to the burn unit for further treatment while Shahjahan and Irfan were said to be stable.
Published by Daily Times on Oct 29, 2014
VEHARI, July 8: The three labourers who had fallen sick while working at a pipe factory in Lahore about a week ago, allegedly because of leakage of some poisonous gas there and later died were buried at their native villages in the district late on July 6.
According to Mitro police, Imran and Abid of Chak 125-WB and Ramzan of Muza Mohammad Shah had been working at Vega Pipe Factory, Lahore, for the last one month.
Last Monday, they fell unconscious while working at the factory. The factory owner got them admitted to a private clinic in Lahore on July 4. Later, as their condition deteriorated, he shifted them to their native places and promised their families he would bear all the treatment cost.
On July 5, Ramzan and Abid died while Imran expired on July 6 at Nishter Hospital, Multan.
FAISALABAD, July 8th: Power loom workers staged a demonstration on July 7 after a labourer died from electric shocks at a factory there.
Afzal Ali had worked at a power loom at Sadhar, located in the Thikriwala area.
After the worker’s death, the demonstrators gathered at Sadhar Bypass Chowk and blocked the road for all kinds of traffic. They placed the body on the road to block the traffic.
Shafiq Anwar, one of the protesters, said the deceased, Afzal Ali, a father of four children, had been a resident of chak 67-JB.
“He was working at the power loom factory where when he touched a short-circuited machine,” Anwar said.
Anwar said the accident was a result of the negligence of the factor owner, who had not installed safety devices.
“All factory owners are legally bound to install circuit breakers to stop such incidents from occurring, but some of them try to avoid the expense,” Anwar said.
The protesters chanted slogans against the factory owner and held him responsible for the worker’s death.
A police contingent, headed by a DSP, visited the area and negotiated with the protesters. The protesters dispersed after they were assured that legal action would be taken against the factory administration.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2014.
TAXILA, June 17: Another labourer has fallen victim to poor safety measures at Margalla stone crushing plants in Taxila.
Adil Shahzad, 32, died after getting trapped in a stone crushing plant and receiving critical injuries.
Published by Daily Dawn on June 17, 2014
Earlier this week, six workers were killed at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Kolkatha following an explosion at a blast furnace. In another incident, Rakhi Sonkar, a worker at Swiss Auto, took her own life after being dismissed for being a few minutes late. Sonkar was an outspoken labour activist who was active in fighting for workers rights. Her fellow workers protested about her death, while in another area of Wazirpur, near New Delhi, thousands of steel workers are involved in a prolonged strike over low wages and unsafe working conditions.