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QUETTA: Laborers have refused to start work at the coalmine in Duki area of Balochistan following the gruesome killing of 21 workers by armed persons about three weeks ago.
The workers have been demanding proper security measures but the local administration is yet to take any steps in this regard. A government spokesman today said that authorities were in contact with the workers and their labor association.
About three weeks ago, armed people barged into the camp of the coalmine workers at Duki and opened fire. As many as 21 workers were killed and seven others injured in the incident.
A week or so later, there were reports that more than 40,000 coalmine workers had left their workplaces in different parts of Balochistan refusing to continue working due to lack of security.
The workers said that they felt insecure and their lives were at danger after gunmen stormed a coalmine in Duki district and shot dead 21 laborers and injured seven others on October 11 this year.
The coalminers said that they had demanded that the government should provide them security but after the passage of over a week there was no surety. The laborers then left the mines across Balochistan and went to their villages in different parts of the country.
An association of the coalminers said that there were about 50,000 non-locals coalminers in Balochistan.
Coal from Balochistan is supplied to different parts of the province as well as other areas of Pakistan including Sindh and Punjab.
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