the leadership of FAPUASA and decisions taken by them. “The Sindh government should withdraw this controversial ad before August 10,” they demanded. “Otherwise, the government would have to face a strong reaction from teachers’ and officers’ associations of the province. If, the government fails to meet the deadline then FAPUASA and other associations will hold a meeting on August 12, about a stricter course of action.” Prof Mutahir Ahmed warned if the Sindh government did not take appropriate action within the given deadline, then teachers and officers of the KU would shut down the varsity for safeguarding the autonomy of the universities. However, he said, teachers’ associations of all public sector universities and FAPUASA will hold an internal meeting on August 12 to review the situation and then call a general councils’ meeting at their respective universities to for endorsement by each of the stakeholders after the federal body reveals its decision. Recalling the similar situation in 2014, Ahmed said the teaching community had reacted strongly then too and boycotted academic activities in all 19 government institutions of Sindh, forcing the government to withdraw the controversial advertisements. He said the institutions would recreate the same situation to get the government withdraw the advertisements this year too. Talking about government’s previous attempt to impose its policy, Ahmed said teachers’ associations were not happy with the Sindh government which had for the second time, advertised university posts of registrar and controller of examinations, in local newspapers. “The Sindh government had agreed to resolve the matter and had committed to FAPUASA that it would not publish such ads in the future,” he said. “But now they have once again recreated a controversial situation after assuring academic associations that it would draft the resolution for amending the universities act to be approved by the Sindh Assembly.” The protesting teachers also warned the government that if the advertisements for the posts of registrar and controller examinations were not withdrawn, FAPUASA will be free to take any extreme action by joining hands with all university teachers and officers in Sindh. Compensation rejected Meanwhile, the teachers’ community also rejected Sindh government’s proposed compensation for the family of slain KU assistant professor, prof Dr Waheed-ur-Rehman, and termed the compensation amount of Rs1.5 million to be a joke to the bereaved family. The KUTS had demanded an amount of Rs50 million as compensation for two young daughters and widow of the slain professor. The KU teachers’ association also asked the government to provide sufficient financial aid to public sector universities so they could perform better.