KARACHI: A large number of people who were allegedly doped in the period of former education minister of Sindh Pir Mazhar by giving them fake appointment letters of teaching and non-teaching jobs staged a protest demo on Thursday outside the Karachi Press Club, demanding their re-appointment and giving them salaries for previous period.
The protestors alleged that they were given fake appointment letters during the tenure of former Sindh minister for education and literary Pir Mazharul Haq, charging that the then secretary education was involved in this scam.
The protest demo was led by Abubaker Abro and Zahoor Ahmed of ‘New Teacher Action Committee’.
They claimed that about 6000 teaching and non-teaching staff were appointed from Karachi, Ghotki, Khairpur, Sukkur, Sanghar and Naushehro Feroze districts, but these employees never received their salaries since their appointment in 2012.
The protesters, carrying placards and banners, demanded for the salaries. They raised slogans against corruption in the education department.
The appealed to Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and Chief Minister Sindh to resolve their issue with their re-appointment on their posts and release of their pending salaries.