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GUJRANWALA, Dec 3: Eighteen female teachers of the Municipal Girls School have threatened to commit suicide if they are not paid their four-month salary before Eidul Azha.
At a meeting held here on Wednesday presided over by Punjab Municipal Teachers Union President Rana Iqbal, the teachers said they were facing acute financial crunch owing to non-payment of their salaries.
They said their salaries were withheld without any justification by the school administration, which was causing a great deal of inconvenience to them and their dependents.
PROTEST RALLY: Scores of CNG auto-rickshaw owners staged a protest rally against the government for providing them inferior quality of vehicles on lease through banks.
Reports said the protesters gathered at the General Bus Stand from where they reached the Divisional Commissioner Office after marching through GT Road and Civil Hospital Road. Carrying banners and placards, they also chanted slogans against the government.
They informed the commissioner that they had deposited Rs14,350 each in advance to banks to get vehicles on lease while they were paying Rs3,056 installment per month.
Owners of vehicles alleged that these vehicles were of inferior quality and they had to incur a heavy amount on its repair and replacement of parts almost every other day. They said it had become extremely difficult for them to pay the monthly installment under these circumstances.
They demanded that banks should either return their advance payment or change the inferior quality auto-rickshaws as they could not afford to run them.
The protesters dispersed peacefully after the commissioner assured them that their problems would be resolved.
ARRESTED: An FIA team raided Sanat Road and arrested an accused with a huge quantity of spurious bubble gums from a fake food factory on Wednesday.
Receiving information that spurious bubble gums were being prepared and supplied to tribal areas, the FIA team, led by SHO Mian Sabir, raided the factory and arrested Wali Khan with 10 sacks of spurious bubble gum, 15,000 stickers and other material.
A case has been registered against the accused.
