Teachers threaten to stage protest

Published October 26, 2002

QUETTA, October 25: The Government Teachers Association, Balochistan, has threatened to go on hunger strike till death on Oct 30, if the provincial government does not reinstate 181 teachers sacked in August.

The President of the Association, Haji Abdul Ghafar Kadezai, stated this while speaking at a Press Conference here on Friday.

Mr Kadezai said the teachers and other government employees had launched a protest movement in April this year for the acceptance of their just demands.

He said that government had sacked hundreds of government employees including teachers instead of accepting their demands.