The students blocked Madni Chowk for more than four hours and alleged that the principal had been asked them to sweep school, which is not their job.

District Education Officer (DEO) Secondary Rana Ghulam Nabi reached the spot and held dialogues with the students but they refused to end their protest.

They said that they would not end protest until and unless the transfer of their teachers was reversed.

When approached, Rana Ghulam Nabi said that on the intervention of Additinal District Collector (ADC) Muddassar Riaz and Executive District Officer Education Thaira Shafiq students ended the protest.

He said the DCO had transferred the principal of school, Asama Tabassum, to Govt Girls Higher Secondary School Shujaabad, due to her failure in running the affairs of the school.

He said the DCO had constituted a committee to launch inquiry into the allegation levelled by the students against the principal.

The EDO education told APP that Khalida Zaffar from Shujabad had been transferred to Govt Girls H/S School Moonlight.