August 03, 2008	Sunday	Rajab 30, 1429

HYDERABAD, Aug 2: A large number of IBA test passed candidates of Hyderabad and Latifabad talukas staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday demanding of the Sindh education minister to issue directives for issuance of offer letters to them.

They told journalists that offer letters had been issued to candidates of other districts despite the fact that those candidates had only obtained 60 per cent or less than 60 per cent marks in the test conducted by IBA.

“Whereas we are the candidates who have obtained 60 per cent or more than 70 per cent in IBA tests but we are not being issued with offer letters for inexplicable reasons which is great injustice with them,” said the candidates while raising slogans in support of their demands.

They said Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq had already announced that those candidates who have obtained 60 per cent marks would be issued offer letters of jobs as primary or junior schoolteachers.

They stated that as per promise of education minister the offer letters were to be issued by July 31 and they had been visiting office of the EDO of education of Hyderabad but they were not issued offer letters.

Our Naushahro Feroze correspondent adds: Several IBA test passed candidates for the post of teachers, took out a rally and staged a demonstration in Khan Wahan on Saturday.

The protesting candidates demanded of the Sindh government to remove the condition of 60 per cent marks in IBA test.

They demanded that 50 per cent marks should be allowed and posting orders should be issued accordingly.