RAWALPINDI - Like other parts of the country, Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) staged a protest demonstration against hike in POL prices, privatisation, unemployment, inflation and low increase in salaries of labourers in federal budget at Benazir Bhutto Road here on Wednesday. The protest rally was led by PWF General Secretary Zahoor Awan, which was participated by Zonal Chairman Zafar Ullah Khan Niazi, Akram Bunda and many others. During the protest demonstration, traffic on Benazir Bhutto Road remained suspended for hours from Marir Chowk to Rialto Chowk. Protesters were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans in favour of their demands. Speakers on the occasion said that the government should pay immediate attention towards the demands of labours who are compelled to live under inhuman conditions. They also demanded of the government, semi-government and private organisations and institutes that they should provide all the facilities according to the pay scale of labours. Labour leaders also said that the federal government should revive the specified ILO labour rules and regulations to provide relief to the labourers. They said the government should make functional all the dysfunctional industrial units to boost employment rate in the country. They also demanded of the high ups to make permanent all the contractual, work charge and daily wage employees in different government organisations. They also condemned the proposed privatisation of different government organisations including Railways, Postal Services, Sui Northern Gas and others. They also threatened that if government did not pay attention towards these issues then different labour bodies would launch a series of protest in the near future.