The Aitchison Teacher’s forum (ATF) staged a protest against their termination on Tuesday. The teachers started their protest in front of Aitchison College at Davis Chowk and then proceeded towards the Governor’s House.
A large number of teachers including Mian Muhammad Asif, Manzar Ali Khan, Shahid Saghir, Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry, Izhar Ali Zafar, Hafiz Shoukat, Shoaid Tariq, Akif Bajwa, Muhammad Naeem Raza, Muhammad Tahir Sohail, Ghulam Akbar, Shahzad Gohar, Muhammad Yousaf Kamal, Muhammad Ahson Rana, Muhammad Arsalan Babar, Muhammad Amjad Pervez, Syed Najamul Hassan, Ammara Waheed, Tahir Javed, Musaida Imran, Yasmeen Malik, Shazia Merchant, Shahid Chaudhry and Shahzadi Kiran Yasir participated in the protest. Some of the students also accompanied them and showed their support to the cause.
The ATF has alleged that the college’s temporary principal Shamim Saif Ullah Khan had taken an illegal step against the decision of the Supreme Court.
The forum has questioned the intentions of the principal for terminating the teachers. The teachers inquired as to how the most experienced teachers had turned into ‘dead wood’ in a short span of time after being declared as the ‘best teachers’.
The teachers protested at the failure of the administration in following rules; serving a show cause notice prior to termination. They termed their termination against the Statutes under which the college was being governed.
The protestors chanted slogans at the management’s attempt to get the teachers’ houses vacated.
Moreover, the teachers also demanded the formation of a committee to monitor the financial irregularities in the college. They also protested against the 50 percent fee raise.