{"id":1432,"date":"2026-04-20T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:33:51","slug":"muzaffarabad-lady-health-workers-burn-their-chadors-in-a-unique-protest-against-government-apathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/1432\/","title":{"rendered":"Muzaffarabad: Lady health workers burn their chadors in a unique protest against government apathy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the lady health workers of the health department recorded a unique and symbolic protest in favor of their demands, which attracted the attention of citizens and authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the lady health workers have been on the streets for the past several months to achieve their basic demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesting women say that despite repeated assurances, their problems have not been resolved, which forced them to take the path of protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, in Ghari Chowk, lady health workers adopted a unique style of protest and burned their chadors. The women described this act as a symbol of going to the extreme for their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only the lady health workers but a large number of other health department employees also participated in this protest, who expressed solidarity and supported the demands of the women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the protest, the women raised slogans in favor of their demands and against the government. The protesters said that if their problems were not resolved immediately, the scope of the protest would be expanded.<br>What are the demands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the lady health workers, their main demands include salary hike, permanent employment, provision of benefits and improvement of the service structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This protest not only highlights the problems existing in the health department system but also shows how much hardships the workers who provide services at the grassroots level are facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the lady health workers of the health department recorded a unique and symbolic protest in favor of their demands, which attracted the attention of citizens and authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[55,163,37,54],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu-kashmir","tag-government-of-pok","tag-lady-health-workers","tag-pok","tag-protest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.5 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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