LAHORE: The District Court of Kachhari on Friday in Lahore has ordered the release of the teachers who were arrested during a protest outside the civil secretariat yesterday.
Judicial Magistrate Imran Abid heard the request of the police and rejected their request for a ten-day physical remand. The court discharged the arrested teachers from the case.
The teachers were arrested along with more than 100 other civil servants who were protesting in support of their demands. The protesters were demanding that the deduction in the loan encashment should be abolished, disparity allowance of employees should be restored and contract employees should be made permanent.
The protesters had staged a sit-in at Civil Secretariat Chowk for the third day when they were arrested by the police.
Punjab Teachers Union General Secretary Rana Liaquat condemned the arrests of peaceful employees and said that the government resorted to extreme tactics. He demanded the immediate release of the arrested teachers and warned that the employees will continue the protest until their demands are accepted.
The protest sit-in by non-teaching staff including teachers of the Punjab Education Department is still continuing at Civil Secretariat Chowk. The protesters have announced that they will continue protesting until their demands are approved.
