LARKANA: On the call of All Sindh Universities Employees Federation, employees of different universities based in Larkana held a large protest demonstration at Jinnah Bagh Wednesday for acceptance of their just demands which include QUEST, Sindh University Campus, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University and Agriculture College, Dokri,

The protesters included Noor Muhammad Shaikh, Noor Hulio, Siraj Bhutto, Khalid Siyal, Wazir Soomro, Abdul Rasul Laghari and others while talking to media alleged that universities’ employees are step-motherly treated across the province and their just demands are not accepted.

They said Vice Chancellors have made a kingdom in their respective universities who keep on drawing legal and illegal benefits and keep their henchmen satisfied whereas all are equal in the eyes of law but rules and regulations are just for low paid employees. They said if a BPS-22 officer is infected with malaria then he is given two lac rupees and on the contrary two thousand rupees are given to a low scale employee for the same ailment. They said medical facilities are not paid timely due to which their family members suffer very seriously. They further claimed that recruitment is made on political, personal likes and dislikes basis but their sons are denied jobs.

They further alleged that allowances and promotions have been withheld by the universities’ authorities which is cruelty. They accused Vice Chancellor, Quaid-e-Awam Engineering University, Nawabshah, who has cancelled registration of their employees’ union by using his influence, demanded his removal and thorough probe of his alleged misdeeds. They said he has been constantly harassing the employees which should be stopped forthwith. They said VCs of Shaikh Ayaz University, Dow University and Liyari’s Shaheed Benazir University are also not resolving issues faced by the employees.

They said VCs posted on adhoc basis should be removed. They demanded membership in syndicates of all the universities and resolution of their problems immediately including son quota, retired quota, promotion, Haj, Umrah, medical, leave encashment and utility allowances or else they warned that employees of all universities will gather and hold a massive protest on 24th March in front of Karachi Press Club to press the government to accept their demands.