The workers of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Wednesday called off strike for the time-being on the assurance of Vice Chancellor Professor Nazir Ahmed Sangi that their genuine demands will be given sympathetic consideration.
“We have called off our strike, giving time to the administration to accept our demands, including reinstatement of the dismissed workers,” the workers’ representatives, including Malik Muhammad Saeed, Sher Asif Satti and Sajjid Mahmood Janjua, said while addressing a workers’ meeting at the university campus.
The vice chancellor has already approved filling of vacant posts of teachers, officers and the staff through normal official process. He also allowed overtime and second-shift transport facility for the workers. The vice chancellor also assured the workers of allowing them to hold election of employees’ welfare association next month. Malik Saeed hoped that their demands will be accepted within next four working days.
