PM offers Fateha for labourers killed in accident on Motorway; announces Rs 1m each as compensation

MULTAN, May 26 (APP):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday offered Fateha for the labourers who lost their
lives while working on the Shujabad Interchange of M5 Multan-Sukkur motorway and announced
Rs 1 million each as compensation for the bereaved families.
The Prime Minister also announced Rs 500,000 for each labourer injured in the accident
late on Friday night.
A pin-drop silence, dominated the big crowd on Saturday in Shujabad when Federal Minister
for Water Resources Syed Javed Ali Shah, soon after the recitation from the Holy Quran, took
over the mike and informed the PM and the crowd about the tragic accident in which five labourers
had lost lives late Friday night while working at Shujabad Interchange.
After announcing compensation for the deceased labourers and the injured, Prime Minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the company executing the project, would also provide
compensation.
Syed Javed Ali Shah said the incident had saddened everybody and added: “We would
have been happier, had this tragic incident not happened.”
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Governor Malik Rafique Rajwana said that poor
labourers had shed their blood for the construction of this motorway and added that their
sacrifice would never go waste. These labourers would be remembered forever, he added.