OWS is like a virus.

(PressTV) — Hundreds of Pakistani workers, tradesmen and students have staged rallies in the capital, Islamabad, to protest against capitalism in the country, Press TV reports.

Wednesday’s rallies were inspired by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement which erupted in New York in mid-September to protest social and economic inequalities and corporate greed in the US.

“Under capitalism people can’t live a dignified life, they can’t even meet their basic needs. I think in this system people are not able to get jobs, they are not able to make ends meet,” said a protester.

Protesters also marched towards the World Bank office in Islamabad and chanted slogans against the international financial institutions.

Demonstrators also denounced the privatization of government companies, saying capitalists wanted to take total control of all the public money.

“Our serious problem is the policies of new liberalists and capitalists, for example the privatization of the telecommunication company has been a total disaster, restructuring of railway company has been a disaster and the big dams we built with World Bank money has also been a disaster environmentally, socially and economically,” said a protester.

HT: Dan