AN OTHER ASASAH MICROFINANCE STAFFER GIVES IN

It been not be a mere co incidence that third death of an other Asasah microfina nce staffer has been reported with a short span of three years. It may not be out of place to me ntion that two out of the three deaths were commonly believe to be suicides. A fourth death als o took place in mysterious circumstances. The victim came into conflict with the administration, and cause of the conflict was the withheld salaries of himself and his staff in Faisal Abad B rach. It was also reported that the victim was isolated from his staff through coercion and incent ives given to his staffer, who were previously protesting with the victim. The first victim Tanzee la who was twenty three, was allegedly issued termination notice in back dates, after she c ommitted suicide. The third victim Saleem, who was a community development officer, and w ho hanged himself with the ceiling fan in the office of Asasah. The Asasah is also on reco rd to have sought cheques from its staffers by force as a guaranty against disbursed portfolio. Th is was the practice discovered by its board of directors who made Asasah stop this high han dedness. The organization which is supposed to help the poor and claims to better the lot of have nots, is forcing its implies to commit suicide after one an other. Just imagine what they would have been doing to the poor on whose name they collect money all over the world. KIVA is also one of the organizations providing them with funds.