Rawalpindi-Teachers of Punjab public sector schools have expressed concern over non-increase in their emoluments despite repeated assurances by the provincial government.
They set up a protest camp near the Rawalpindi Press Club. Punjab Teachers Union (Rawalpindi District) President Sagheer Alam led the protest, which was attended, by a large number of teachers, including Anis Ahmed Abbasi, Chaudhry Tasawar Hussain, Malik Zaheer Ahmed, Mohammad Shafiq Bhatti, Raja Nadeem Akhtar, Haroon Rasheed and Tariq Mahmood.
Expressing their views at the protest camp, the union representatives said that prices of items of daily use and other things have shot up, but salaries of teachers have not been increased.
Sagheer Alam said that the representatives had held several meetings with higher officials for increase in their salaries. However the provincial government despite assurances by its functionaries took no positive measure.
He said that the government has increased charges of electricity, gas, petrol, CNG and diesel several times over last six months, but the concerned authorities did not bother to increase the emoluments of teachers. It has become impossible for them to manage their household budgets.
“We can’t even afford fares of public transport. There is no option for us apart from launching a protest movement to draw the attention of the government towards the financial crisis being faced by our community,” Sagheer Alam stated.
He urged Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to take immediate notice of the situation and issue necessary directives with regard to raising emoluments of teachers of the provincial government schools.
He said that the formation of the pay and commission committee was just to hoodwink teachers. “The report of this committee has been put in cold storage deliberately,” he added.
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