Ye Waqt Hai Mera, the morning show host and the drama actress, Ayesha Omer didn’t come up with the usual show but on 20th June the morning show team went at the fire brigadier’s office to cover their service areas and talk to the workers their about their issues. The purpose of the visit was to show the equipment used by the fire brigadiers department to extinguish fire and to share the experiences of the workers of the respective department. The workers showed different equipment used at the time of accidents, at the time of catastrophes. They said that unfortunately due to the lack of government’s attention towards this department there is lack of equipment.
While talking about people attitudes at the time of accidents they said that people usually become aggressive towards them but instead they should remain calm, patient and co-operate with the workers so that they can solve the situation peacefully. Nadeem Sheikh, the Human Right Activist and manager of the department since last 12 years on the behalf of the workers spoke that in every society exist “Fire Act” except ours. He said that our “fire heroes” despite serving such a noble profession are deprived from the very basic allowances, salaries, proper safety uniforms, and equipment. Even at the time of burning accidents, the workers are not paid for their medical treatment from the government, he said.
Through the morning show platform, Mr. Nadeem had appealed to the KMC and Sindh administration to look into the matter and allocate money in the budget for the ignored department. The show is telecasted through Monday to Friday from 10:05 am to 12 pm on CNBC Channel.