Outsourced healthcare workers in Pathankot burned an effigy of a minister, demanding that temporary employees be made permanent and their salaries increased. They warned of intensifying the struggle.

The Pathankot unit of the Outsourced Health Department Employees Union Punjab held a protest on Tuesday by burning an effigy of the Health Minister of Punjab outside the Civil Hospital. During this time, a large number of outsourced employees raised slogans against the Punjab government. The employees demanded that temporary staff in the health department be made permanent, their salaries be increased, and other demands be fulfilled. Rajan Saini, District President of the Union, stated that...