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Employees union asks census workers not to participate: PTI

A representative body of Jammu and Kashmir government employees has directed workers detailed for census operation "not to endanger their lives" by taking part in the exercise slated to begin from September 11.

"In view of the open threats by the Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayiba, we will not allow government employees to become kurbani ka bakra (sacrificial lamb)", president of the State Employees Conference Ashraf Qadiri told PTI.

"I have directed the government employees not to take part in the census operation pending an executive meeting of the conference which will be convened within a day or two," he said.

Qadiri said the government can go ahead with the exercise if it deems it fit by detailing security forces for the job.

The pro-Pakistan Hizb and Lashkar have threatened to eliminate all government officials who participate in the exercise.

In a statement, another government employees union, the Employees and Workers Confederation, asked the government to keep in abeyance the operation and ensure the safety of 22,000 employees detailed for the exercise.

The confederation met under the chairmanship of its president Bashir Ahmad Khan and discussed the threats and decided that the lives of 22,000 government employees cannot be risked.

PTI

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