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'Pakistan Steel

never laid off

any worker'

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Pakistan Steel has neither laid off any worker nor it intends to do so in the future, said a spokesman of the mill on Saturday.

The spokesman said that although some 2,744 appointments were made on political ground since 1988, the mill management had decided not to take action against them in view of their limited income and problems they might face as a result of their premature retirement.

It said 334 officers, who have been retired from their services, were employed illegally.

The spokesman said a high level committee had already been constituted on the request of the retired officers to review their cases, the spokesman added.