April 23, 2008	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1429

ATTOCK, April 22: Contract lecturers of the district government on Tuesday sought regularisation of their services and payment of the last four months salary.

President Honorary Lecturers Association Shehzad Niaz while talking to local newsmen said that about 90 lecturers had been appointed in 15 collages of the district by district government Attock in 2003 to fill shortage of teaching staff at the collages.

But after three years, the affairs of lecturers were taken over by the Punjab education department from the district government, he said. Since then they are facing problems in performing their duties, he said.

Mr Niaz, who is son of a local renowned educationist Mrs Prof Shamim Niaz, said they even had not been paid their monthly salaries for the last four months, which had caused great financial problem to them. But despite financial hardships, they continued their duties in the interest of students, he said.

He said there were speculations that the new Punjab government would terminate the services of all contractual lecturers of Attock. “This has disturbed us and our families, and created sense of job insecurity among them besides affecting academic activities of students and collages,” he said.