HYDERABAD, Feb 7: Five law colleges of interior Sindh - two in Hyderabad and one each in Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah and Dadu - remained closed on Saturday as the ongoing controversy over the 50 per cent increase in fees has not been resolved.

The law colleges open on Jan 15 but as a proposal was moved to increase the fees by 100 per cent, students of Hyderabad resorted to hunger strike against the fee rise.

The board of governors of the law colleges which met here on Jan 31, 2004, under the chairmanship of Sindh University vice-chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, increased the fees by 50 per cent.

However, the students opposed the increase and a student, Mumtaz Lashari, is reported to have filed a writ petition in the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, against the decision.

Meanwhile, the hunger strike of the law students outside the press club entered its 49th day here on Saturday.

SU: The director, Institute of Information Technology, University of Sindh, on Saturday announced that classes of students of the evening programme of BS (IT), BS (SE), MIT, MCIT would start from Feb 9.

Meanwhile, the controller of examinations of the university fixed Feb 20 as the last date for submitting forms for semester examinations of BCIT, BBA, MBA, and BCS of private institutes and colleges affiliated with the university.