LAHORE: Aitchison College Principal Shamim Saifullah Khan has preferred resigning from his office than allowing 70 teachers and a number of other employees he had sacked in June last year to rejoin the college.

Mr Khan submitted his resignation to Governor/BoG Chairman who accepted it.

Mr Khan had terminated the services of 70 senior teachers and several employees - allegedly without assigning any reason or following any procedure.

The aggrieved staff had approached the Lahore High Court which directed the BoG in January this year to resolve their grievances.

The BoG had asked the principal to reinstate the sacked staff. The principal withdrew his earlier orders but sent all of them on a four-month forced leave.

As the college had also started paying salaries to the reinstated staff, the BoG asked the principal to bring them back to their jobs. However, Mr Khan did not comply with the orders. He, instead, opted to resign.

Sources said Mr Khan had recruited new teachers, most of whom had recently did their post-graduation. They said that with the reinstatement of the senior teachers, the teachers recruited last year might be removed.