Teachers of around 50 colleges in Multan division observed a strike on Friday to press the provincial government for acceptance of their demands. The strike was observed on the appeal of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA). District officer colleges Multan, Haidar Abbas, said that he had talks with teachers and had conveyed information to the Punjab government.
He said that some teachers, who wanted to perform their duties, were unable to do so over PPLA's pressure. PPLA general secretary Tanweer Shah said that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had promised on November 4 last year to accept all their demands by December 19 but no order had so far been issued to address teachers' concerns. He said, "A teacher joins the service in BS-17 through a procedure of examinations and interviews but unlike officials of other departments who reach BS-20 or 21, they retire in BS-18 after getting only one promotion."
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