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KARACHI, Aug 15: Teachers at the University of Karachi have resolved to approach to the Sindh governor who is also the chancellor of the public sector universities, to seek his intervention in the ongoing “administrative campaign and harassment against teachers, non-teaching employees and students”.
The Karachi University Teachers’ Society on Tuesday held another general body meeting, with its president Dr Fahimuddin in the chair. The teachers, who are unhappy with the administration for what they term victimisation, vilification and harassment by the varsity administration, reiterated to continue pressing the authorities to have a check on the administration.
The speakers urged the vice-chancellor to check the provoking attitude of the administrative staff as, they said, it could harm the academic atmosphere on the campus. Dr Pervez Siddiqui, Dr Suhail Barkati, Dr Riaz Ahmad, Sarwar Naseem, S M Taha and others spoke on the occasion.
The resolutions of the meeting demanded withdrawal of different notices and circulars issued against the employees and urged the vice-chancellor not to send the teachers of the marine biology centre on a force leave.
The meeting also opposed the recommendations of the Task Force and establishment of the Higher Education Commission and demanded of the government to withdraw the decisions taken in that regard.
STUDENTS RALLY: Students of the Shaikh Zayed Research Centre, University of Karachi, brought out a rally the other day to protest against the administration which, according to them, withdrew the permission regarding the holding of a freedom festival at the centre as part of Independence day celebrations.
Students denounced the administrative decision of not allowing them to arrange the programme on August 13. The administrator of the centre, in consultation with other authorities, had allowed them to hold the festival and also charged an amount to the tune of Rs6500 from students, they claimed. They said that scrapping the festival in connection with Independence Day on the plea that it could create law and order situation was not an appropriate move and was meant to further suppress students on the campus.
The rally which started from the Shaikh Zayed Centre culminated near the administration block, demanding that restrictions on extracurricular activities on the campus be removed at once.
