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Illegal occupants in KU staff town
Karachi, May 11(The News): More than 23 houses in the Karachi University staff town have been illegally
occupied by the officers and non-teaching staff of the university. It also
includes two house occupied by the Rangers personnel stationed inside the
campus.
The Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) has expressed its
grave concern. More than 200 teaching and non-teaching staff were waiting to get
accommodation.
The President KUTS, Prof. Sohail Barkati, and General
Secretary KUTS, Dr Abid Hasnain recently met the Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof.
Pirzada Qasim to apprise him of the situation and seek immediate remedy.
According to Hasnain, the VC has assured them that the university is
serving a final notice to the offenders to vacate or be prepared to be ejected
from their houses.
The non-teaching and retired officers living in the
staff town are not paying the rent or the utilities, causing heavy financial
losses to the university.
Moreover, the Rangers have occupied two B-type
houses and one C-type house instead of the house they were allotted. The height
of the irregularity is the fact that some retired university officials who have
left the university, have given possession of their houses to their relatives.
The teachers and the staff want the VC to take exertive action against
the offenders, in order to discourage such actions in the future.
Most
of the teachers are annoyed that the Rangers, who were supposed to guard the
university against the opposing student factions are occupying different parts
of the university including the hostels.
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