HYDERABAD: The women candidates for jobs in police department who appeared in relevant tests held a protest demonstration outside the local press club on Saturday and demanded due favour.

The candidates, including Samia Memon, Sawera Sahito, Anam Khaskheli, Kainat Loond and Noor Malik, told the media that the tests were held recently which they passed but were ignored while favourites were chosen for the jobs.

They claimed that multiple jobs were given to candidates from one f amily in violation of prescribed rules.

They added that women from other provinces were also among the favourites ones. They said they had passed the written test, physical test and viva voce, still they were not given the jobs.

Even those candidates were given jobs whose names did not feature in lists, they said.