Protesting members of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA)announced to continue their peaceful sit-in in front of the parliamentafter emerging a deadlock in negotiations with the government on Thursday.

According to the 24News HD TV channel, after a failure of negotiationsbetween civil servants representatives and Interior Minister for StateAbdur Rehman Kanju, the gates of the Parliament House were closed and thepolice force was alerted.

Talking to the media, AGEGA’s chief coordinator Rehman Bajwa confirmed thatnegotiations with the government have hit a deadlock and said they will notcompromise on their demands in any case.

He said the sit-in in front of Parliament House will continue until theissue is resolved as they thought their voice was not being heard in powercorridors properly.

Rehman Bajwa said they want the implementation of Pay and Pensionrecommendations and the elimination of discrimination in salaries. Hedemanded an allowance for all employees like the Executive Allowances thatare being given to officers.

The AGEGA chief demanded the government that a committee should beconstituted to make all the ad hoc employees permanent and issued anotification of the upgradation of employees.

He said the salaries of ATV employees have been pending for the last 22months that should be resolved. He also announced that they were ready togo to jail for their demands without becoming a part of any politics.

He said they did not go to meet Imran Khan despite his invitation formeeting with the trade unions.