KU teachers boycott classes

Teachers of the University of Karachi boycotted teaching and administrative affairs in the morning and evening for the selection board schedule.

The teachers have demanded that the Sheikh-ul-Jamia and the Director of Finance be dismissed. According to the details, the general body meeting of the Karachi University Teachers' Association was held at the Arts Auditorium under the chairmanship of the President of the Association, Dr Saleha Rehman.

In the meeting, the behaviour of the Finance Director during the financial crisis and the non-payment of pension and salaries of evening and morning visiting faculty, associates and assistants were condemned in the strongest terms.

The staff demanded the release of the complete selection board schedule of the 2019 advertisement, requested the chancellor to withdraw the management's case against the appointments in the Department of Mass Communication and the immediate release of salaries of January of these teachers.

The meeting decided that if the demands are not met by Friday, a press conference will be held, and the dismissal of the Sheikh-ul-Jamia and the director of finance will be demanded. They appealed to the authority to take immediate notice of these problems so that teachers could fulfil their responsibilities with mental integrity.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 14^th, 2023.