PESHAWAR, May 14: The Deputy Speaker of the NWFP Assembly, Mr. Ikramullah Shahid, has asked the education and health departments to consider the appeals filed by the doctors and teachers against their transfers and postings.

Presiding over a meeting of the special committee of the NWFP Assembly constituted by the House to review the transfers of the doctors and teachers, Mr Shahid said that all those who had submitted appeals or would be doing so within a week should be considered and justice should be done.

The committee was informed that most of the transfers and postings were politically motivated which needed to be reversed. Some of the people, who had been working in hospitals’ stores for the last 15-20 years, had not been removed, the meeting was told.

The committee was however informed by the officials concerned that the appeals were being looked into and ensured that justice would be done.

It decided to review the appeals of the doctors in the next meeting on May 16, whereas the appeals filed by the teachers would be taken up on May 17.

DEMO: The Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday against the expulsion of students from the Islamia College, and demanded of the government to remove the principal of the college and vice-chancellor of University of Peshawar.