Surprisingly, the protest came after Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah approved the regularisation of 21,000 teachers who had been appointed through Iqra University and Sindh University tests. Police don’t spare the rod with Sindh’s teachersThe teachers’ body said that the teachers who have qualified the Sindh University and Iqra University tests must be regularised along with the National Testing Service (NTS) -qualified contract teachers. The teachers also spoke to the CM about 12,000 teachers who were appointed in 1992 in grade B-17 but have been denied time scales. The CM also directed the education secretary to release the salaries of NTS teachers working in Karachi, which had earlier been stopped. The police, however, was able to stop the protesters from heading towards the Bilawal House and arrested at least 60 teachers.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2018 17:48 UTC