HYDERABAD, July 28: Activist of the Sindh Education Alliance on Friday locked offices of the education department, including office of the EDO education. They held a protest sit-in on the road outside the EDO’s office in Hirabad and raised slogans against Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro.
The EDO opened the lock of the gate and offices.
When information reached protesting teachers, they again put a lock on the EDO’s secretariat.
The employees who had been stranded in the office raised hue and cry.
A heavy contingent of police rushed to the spot and broke open the locks of offices and remained there till the closing time.
The alliance leaders said that the protest would continue till lifting of the ban on employees’ and teachers’ associations.
OSD: The OSD to the Sindh education minister, Mansoor Qadir Junejo, said that the government would not succumb to blackmail of leaders of the alliance.
He was talking to a group of journalists at the Hyderabad press club on Friday.
He said that lists were being prepared and those who were violating the ban would be sent packing under the law.
He said that the decision to ban teachers’ and employees’ associations would not be rescinded.
He said that there were 4,500 office-bearers of different teachers’ organisations who never took classes.
As a result, he said, about 3,500 schools were lying closed in Sindh.
Replying to a question, he said that he would seek remedy from court as false allegations had been levelled against him at a press conference by the SEA leaders.
KHAIRPUR: More than 200 teachers staged a procession on Friday which began from the camp at Chhatti Chowk where dozens of their colleagues had been on hunger strike and ended in front of EDO’s office to protest against Sindh government’s ban on associations.
The protesters led by professor Noor Ahmed Khuhro, Asadullah Memon and Mazhar Jalbani were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khuhro.
When the procession reached outside EDO’s office the protesters staged a demonstration.
NAWABSHAH: The members of Sindh Employees Alliance (SEA) staged on Friday a rally which began from the main Sindhi School and ended in front of the local press club where the participants demonstrated against Sindh government’s ban on associations.
The president of Primary Teachers Association, Syed Mastan Shah, criticised in his speech to the protesters who were carrying placards and raising slogans against chief minister and education minister, the ban on associations and termination of employees by Sindh government.
He demanded that the government withdraw the notification about the ban.
Later, the protesters marched towards education office and tried to lock up the offices but police stopped them from doing so. Police used batons to thwart the protesters’ bid to force into the offices.
The protesters later said that several of their colleagues had sustained injuries from police torture and expressed determination to continue their struggle against the ban.
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Teachers’ protest over Sindh government’s ban on associations entered its third day here on Thursday.
The teachers staged rallies and observed token hunger strike in Naushahro Feroze, Kandiaro and Mehrabpur against the ban.
SHIKARPUR: The teachers’ token hunger strike entered its second day on Thursday at Lakhi Gate Tower Chowk to protest against Sindh government’s ban on associations.
