Disgruntled teachers end protest in Karachi after successful negotiations

KARACHI: The protest by teachers who had passed the National Testing Service ended on Wednesday after negotiations were held with district commissioner south. 

The protesters were also assured the release of more than 40 teachers who were arrested earlier by the police. 

A four-member team of teachers met DC south and agreed to end the protest. The protesters said that if their demands were not fulfilled, they would stage a sit-in infront of the chief minister's residence. 

A number of teachers were holding a sit-in protest at the metropolis' Burns Road, demanding to be regularised without further delay. They were arrested and baton-charged by the police as they tried to move towards Sindh Secretariat. 

The government teachers took to the streets earlier demanding the Sindh government to regularise them without the condition of giving re-test of NTS as they have already completed three-year of their services as per the contract.

Police had also arrested female teachers and used water cannons to disperse the protestors.

Initially, the teachers planned to hold a protest at the Sindh Secretariat, later they changed their plan of action by staging a sit-in at the Burns Road.