Pakistani Teachers Protest Pakistan: Ad-hoc teachers protest outside Imran Khan's residence in Islamabad
Islamabad: Ad hoc teachers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday staged a sit-in outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence here over the provincial government‘s reluctance to regularise them since the date of their appointment, media reports said.
The teachers had first gathered at the Bani Gala Chowk but turned their protest into a sit-in after the PTI chairman refused to listen to their demands, reports Geo News.
Teachers from different corners of the country reached the city to demonstrate.
خیبر پختونخواہ کے ہزاروں ایڈہاک ٹیچرز کابنی گالہ میں عمران خان کی رہاش گاہ کے باہر احتجاجی دھرنہ ، عمران خان کے گھر کا داخلی دروازہ آنے جانے کےلیےمکمل بند ۔ مظاہرین کا مطالبات منظور ہونے تک دھرنہ جاری رکھنے کا اعلان۔ pic.twitter.com/yuEHeCS3AO
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The protesters are demanding that the 58,000 ad hoc teachers of the province should be regularised from the date of appointment, reports the newspaper.
“We are working on contract in KP since four years. We protested in Peshawar as well but no one heard us,” one of the protestors told Geo News.
They added that they had no other option but to protest outside Bani Gala and urged Imran Khan to accept their demands.
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