TOBA TEK SINGH: The sit-in of powerloom workers of the Sadhar industrial sector continued on the ninth day on Wednesday at Faisalabad`s Airport Chowk after the deadlocl( continued between powerloom worl(ers and owners over increasing wages of workers as per the notification of the government.

Traffic also remained out of gear. The Powerloom workers` movement is mainly led by Labour Qaumi Movement leader Baba Latif Ansari.

In his speech to the participants of the sit-in, he criticised the attitude of the Faisalabad district administration for theirfailure to resolve the issues faced by the workers against the owners.

He announced that strike and sit-in will continue till the acceptance of their demand to increase their wages as fixed by the government.

Also, scores of residents of different localities of Faisalabad`s Samundri Road area staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday outside Fesco subdivisional office on Samundari Road to protest against Fesco for sending them inflated power bills.

Protesters also included women, besieged the Fesco office and chanted slogans against the government. During their protest traffic remained out of gear on Samundri Road.