Teacher leading protest against SU VC attacked
This is the second attack on a teacher supporting the movement against the university’s vice chancellor.
HYDERABAD:
Unidentified men shot at the house of Sindh University Teachers’ Association’s (SUTA) president, Dr Azhar Ali Shah, on Saturday night.
This is the second attack on a teacher supporting the movement against the university’s vice chancellor, Dr Nazir Mughal. The teachers at the institution went on strike following the death of Prof. Bashir Channar, who was killed in violence on the campus on January 2. They demanded that he be removed. In July, Prof. Amar Sindhu and Prof. Arfana Mallah were attacked.
At a press conference on Sunday, Dr Shah said, “A neighbour saw the men who fired at my home. They came in a black Toyota Corolla.” The teachers complained that the police have refused to lodge a case even though there are witnesses and said they would seek the court’s help in registering an FIR. “The Sindh High Court has already ordered police to give us protection in a harassment petition we filed last month,” said prof. Mallah.
Narejo had earlier been blamed for lending armed guards to the vice chancellor. He, however, rejected the charges. He described the latest allegation as an ‘act of personal grudge and enmity’. “Even if we believe for a moment that I am responsible for the attack, why would I send armed men in my official car?” He welcomed a judicial inquiry of the allegations.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2012.
Unidentified men shot at the house of Sindh University Teachers’ Association’s (SUTA) president, Dr Azhar Ali Shah, on Saturday night.
This is the second attack on a teacher supporting the movement against the university’s vice chancellor, Dr Nazir Mughal. The teachers at the institution went on strike following the death of Prof. Bashir Channar, who was killed in violence on the campus on January 2. They demanded that he be removed. In July, Prof. Amar Sindhu and Prof. Arfana Mallah were attacked.
At a press conference on Sunday, Dr Shah said, “A neighbour saw the men who fired at my home. They came in a black Toyota Corolla.” The teachers complained that the police have refused to lodge a case even though there are witnesses and said they would seek the court’s help in registering an FIR. “The Sindh High Court has already ordered police to give us protection in a harassment petition we filed last month,” said prof. Mallah.
Narejo had earlier been blamed for lending armed guards to the vice chancellor. He, however, rejected the charges. He described the latest allegation as an ‘act of personal grudge and enmity’. “Even if we believe for a moment that I am responsible for the attack, why would I send armed men in my official car?” He welcomed a judicial inquiry of the allegations.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2012.