ICU teachers started boycott of classes

ICU teachers started boycott of classes
Peshawar: The teachers of Islamia College University (ICU) started boycott of classes Tuesday to press the university administration for acceptance of their demands.

There were no classes in the university from 10am to 12 noon. The teachers resorted to protest on the call of the Islamia College University Teachers' Association and pledged to continue their strike till fulfillment of their demands.

The teachers expressed serious concern over what they called the apathy of the university administration. They said the vice-chancellor had earlier made a commitment with them to come to their meeting and try to convince them on winding up of their strike. However, neither the vice-chancellor nor the registrar bothered to attend the meeting.

The protesting teachers were of the opinion that despite lapse of more than one year of the establishment of the university, no single meeting of the varsity senate could be held due to which their promotion cases could not be resolved.

They said that 70 percent of their promotion cases were pending and the university administration was least interested in resolving them. They said that the university should immediately call the senate meeting so that their problems could be resolved.