SALU registrar resigns over video scandal

University's teachers, staff and students stage protest demanding removal of VC Dr Ikhtiar Ghumro and Dr Asad Raza Abd

HYDERABAD:

The Registrar of Khairpur's Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) has resigned following outraged over an indecent video allegedly featuring Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto which post to social media and went viral.

Dr Meenhon Khan Laghari cited the video controversy as the reason for his resignation. Subsequently, SALU appointed Mureed Hussain Ibupoto as the acting registrar, according to a notification issued by the deputy registrar.

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The university also witnessed resignations from the faculty's dean Prof Muhammad Saleh and Dr Riaz Ahmed Shaikh.

Meanwhile, the university's teachers, staff, and students staged a protest, demanding the removal of the VC. Dr Ikhtiar Ghumro, Dr Asad Raza Abdi, former registrar, and other teachers and officials also staged a protest demonstration outside the university's admin block on Tuesday.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2024.