No end in sight: Teachers’ protest to continue

The Federation of All Pakistan Academic Staff Association, Sindh, will stage a token hunger strike in Karachi.

HYDERABAD:
The teaching boycott at the five public sector universities in Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabad and Khairpur districts will continue on Monday. Meanwhile, the Federation of All Pakistan Academic Staff Association, Sindh, will stage a token hunger strike in Karachi and announce its future course of action. The suspension of academic activities started in the wake of the murder of professor Bashir Channar of Sindh University (SU) on January 2, with protestors demanding the sacking of SU vice chancellor, Nazir A Mughal.


Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2012.