Teachers to protest if Rs50mn not given for Dr Waheed’s family

Karachi
The Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) and Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) rejected the government's proposal of sanctioning Rs1.5 million for the family of slain faculty member, Dr Waheed ur Rehman.
KUTS President Professor Dr Jamil Kazmi, FAPUASA President Dr Naimatullah Leghari, and Dr Ayaz Kheryo demanded the government immediately sanction Rs50 million for Dr Rehman's family, warning of protests by boycotting classes at the university after Ramazan.
Dr Kazmi said despite the tall promises made by the Sindh government to handover Rs50 million, the government was now trying to pass the problem off by sanctioning only Rs1.5 million.
Dr Waheed-ur-Rehman, 42, an assistant professor at KU's mass communication department and a journalist, was shot dead in Federal B Area on April 29.
Police said Rehman had left his home in the morning and heading for the university in his car when around 500 metres away from his residence in Block-16 of Federal B Area, six men riding three motorcycles intercepted him near the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases and fired gunshots at the professor.
Rehman, who also used to write in Urdu daily Ummat under the pen-name Yasir Rizvi was alone in his car at the time.