KP ad hoc teachers protesting outside Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence
Hundreds of teachers are demanding regularization of their ad hoc service
Hundreds of ad
hoc government teachers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have staged a sit-in
outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence in Islamabad. Their
negotiations with PTI leaders have failed and they announced to continue the
protest and sit-in.
The Ad hoc
teachers, who were recruited four years ago on ad hoc basis, are
demanding regularization and other benefits. The protesting teachers first held
a demonstration at the Bani Gala Chowk and said that they wanted to communicate
their demands to Imran Khan. After failed negotiations with the PTI leadership,
they decided to march toward Khan’s Bani Gala residence.
Some
baton-wielding members of the Insaf Student Federation, the student wing of the
PTI, tried to stop the protesters from marching towards Khan’s house but
failed. The teachers, who have been employed at various KP educational
institutions on ad hoc basis, want to be treated in the same manner
as the regular government employees.
He said the
group waited for 2.5 hours, but not a single PTI leader met them, let alone
Khan. “We received calls from Murad Saeed asking us to go back to Peshawar and
[hold] protest there,” said Rehman. The teachers claimed that they have been
terminated for protesting but they are determined to continue to protest till
their demands are met and a notification is issued. They told the media that
they come to Islamabad for protest because no one in Peshawar is listening to their
demands. They also fear that KP police might arrest them.
This protest took place on the day when PTI has already announced to organise countrywide protest against price hike and rising inflation.
Rukhsana Manzoor deputy Editor
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