Permanent status: Teachers rally for permanent jobs

Teachers, from IBA Teachers Action Committee, carried placards and banners with slogans written against Haq.

KARACHI: Teachers appointed three years ago on contract to primary and secondary schools by the Sindh Education department, have demanded permanent jobs. They protested outside the Karachi press club on Tuesday. The teachers, from the IBA Teachers Action Committee, carried placards and banners with slogans written against Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq. The teachers said their contracts had expired in July but the department had not made their jobs permanent even though this was decided by the Sindh government.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 23^rd, 2011.