HYDERABAD, March 10: Around 100 employees of the Sindh Agriculture University staged a long march from Tandojam to Hyderabad on Monday to protest against the policies adopted by the vice-chancellor.

Speaking on the occasion, Hussain Bux Veesar, Karam Ali Punhoon, Ghulam Hyder Joyo, Shahmir Lochi and others alleged that the vice-chancellor and his team had destroyed the university.They said that the vice-chancellor had failed to solve genuine problems of the employees and they were deprived of facilities provided to the employees of other universities.

They announced that in the next phase of their protest against the university administration, 50 employees would stage a long march from Tandojam to Garhi Khuda Bux where they would observe hunger strike unto death at the mausoleum of Benazir Bhutto.

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