KARACHI, Dec 16: Teachers, staff, house-officer doctors and students of School of Physiotherapy, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, on Friday continued their protest and took out another rally against brutal torture on vice-principal of the institute, Prof Sajid Munir, by student activists on Tuesday.

Participants of the rally, including the victim professor, senior faculty members, staff and students were carrying banners and placards, inscribed with demands of action against culprits involved in brutal torture on the vice-principal and chanting slogans against the rogue elements.

The rally went around various departments of the JPMC and concluded in front of JPMC’s director office, where they staged a protest demo and demanded authorities to terminate culprits involved in manhandling of a teacher.

Prof Sajid Munir was subjected to brutal torture by student activists, who were enraged at the non-acceptance of their form without the payment of fee.

Both old and new campuses of the School of Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Workshop remained closed in protest and no teaching and administrative activity was carried out by the faculty and staff.

Speaking to protestors, senior faculty members of JPMC School of Physiotherapy demanded authorities to provide protection to faculty, especially VP Prof Sajid Munir, who was being threatened of dire consequences if raised the issue.

They further demanded evacuation of all hostels of the JPMC, SMC, Old Doctors Mess and BMSI from rogue elements and rustication of all rogue elements from the institute and vowed to continue protest till acceptance of their demands.

Speaking on the occasion, Sajid Munir said accesses of rogue elements in the JPMC had crossed limits and now they had started subjecting teachers to violence which was intolerable. He thanked the staff, faculty and students for raising the issue and demanded the JPMC and city authorities to take stock of unrest at the institute and provide protection to citizens. —PPI