Teachers observe black day On the call of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association
Hyderabad: On the call of the central action committee of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association, black day was observed in all the 242 colleges of the province where black flags were hoisted and college teachers performed their duties wearing black armbands.
A press release of the association said that college teachers were being meted out step-motherly treatment by the bureaucracy appointed during the tenure of the former Sindh chief minister, Dr Arbab Rahim.
Central leaders of the association, Prof Liaquat Aziz, Siddique Unnar, Yaqoob Chandio and others vowed to continue the protest movement till the resolution of the problems of college teachers.
Our Umerkot correspondent adds: Lectures and professors of district Umerkot also observed black day and hoisted black flags at college buildings. They performed their duties wearing black armbands.
Prof Ghulam Nabi Shahani, Prof Jadam Gaju, Prof Najamuddin Soomro, Prof Mir Chand Oad and others urged the relevant authorities to address the genuine issues of college teachers.
They warned that if services of ad hoc lectures were not regularised they would start a long march to Garhi Khuda Bux on Feb 2.