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40 Female teachers arrested in Islamabad

Female Teachers Were Arrested For Peacefully Protesting In Islamabad!

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Pakistan’s educational matters are in disarray. The syllabus is outdated, the teachers barely qualified and the examination criteria a joke. The deserving hardly get the recognition or pay-out for their hard work. While the cheat, the slacker, the flatterer or favored reaps the benefits, unnecessarily. Sadly, this is the condition of Pakistani teachers, as well.

What is worse is the recent incident, where the police personnel arrested at least 40 teachers protesting for their delayed salaries of 10 months. Moreover, the sit-in-protest at D-Chowk Islamabad was a peaceful one. The female teachers from various cities along with their children came to participate. However, instead of their demands met and concerns heard, they were treated like criminals by the police.

Teachers behind bars in Islamabad
Via Pakistan Today

The police’s harsh behavior toward female teachers is shocking.

The teachers were dragged into police vehicles and then taken to Aabpara Police Station; at least 40 of them have been reported to be behind bars. The street lights were closed to make the arrest swiftly and inhumanely.

The teachers simply demanded their 10 months salary including their regularization as government employees. Also, the poor ladies are kept in inhumane conditions.

Female teachers arrested in Islamabad
Via YouTube

ARY reported that another protest took place outside National Press Club by the teachers demanding the release of the jailed ones. Furthermore, the teachers belonged to Basic Education Community Schools in all across Punjab; they gathered demanding job security and payment of delayed salaries.

The teachers were simply demanding their due rights in the most civilized way. It is sad that they are not only educators but are females who came out with their children. There should be a proper investigation about the head that took this decision; clearly the person behind this order has little to no respect for the teachers. Of course, the personnel that carried out the deed are no saints either.

In a nutshell, there is little to no respect for the teachers and what is more alarming is law enforcement authorities are the ones setting a bad example. They chose to arrest and lockup, out of all the civilized ways this could have been resolved keeping the integrity of the protestors intact. The future of this country seems bleak and hopeless considering the individual organizations acting like thugs. There should be accountability and interrogation across all spectrums.

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