LARKANA, Nov 21: The ad hoc lecturers took out a rally here on Friday to protest against the Sindh government decision to sack them after paying them three-month salary.

Professor Syed Imtiaz Shah, Manzoor Kalhoro and others led the rally which began from Jinnahbagh. They chanted slogans against the decision of Sindh chief minister. They arched on the main roads of the city.

Lashing out at Sindh government’s decision, they said the ad hoc lecturers were appointed after qualifying the examinations of Sindh Public Service Commission held in 2005-2006.

They said that when the Sindh chief minister and education minister could regularise the services of 154 lecturers in information technology, then what was blocking them from regularising the ad hoc lecturers.

They claimed that their summary with chief minister’s note that ‘their services would be no more required’ was returned to the education department.

Terming the decision uncalled for, they said they would adopt all means of protests to save their services. They announced holding of a peaceful demonstration outside the Sindh Assembly building on November 24.

Meanwhile, endorsing the demand of ad hoc lecturers the Sindh Lecturers and Professors Association held general bodies in the colleges of Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts. They also hoisted black flags on the college buildings and wore black armbands.

CONTEST: The teams of Government College, University Lahore and Cadet College Larkana lifted the trophies of winner up and runner up respectively in the All Pakistan Elite Institutions Talent contest held on Friday under the auspices of Cadet College Larkana. Sindh Additional Advocate-General Mohammed Bachal Tunio was the chief guest on the final day of the contest when 22 elite institutions around the country participated in the event of Hifz-i-Iqbal.

The two-day programme beginning from November 20 encompassed declamation, essay writing competition (both in three languages), squash competition and Hifz-e-Iqbal competition.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Tunio underlined the need for encouraging healthy competitions to hunt and polish the talented youth for shouldering the future responsibilities.