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Posts published in “Day: May 11, 2014

Day five: Despite hardships, protesting teachers refuse to give in

By Shabbir Mir   in The Express Tribune, May 11th, 2014 GILGIT: The ongoing sit-in of community teachers outside the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (G-B) is taking a toll on protestors. A number of women have fainted over the past few days. More than 50 teachers, comprising mostly women, began their protest on Tuesday expressing their frustration with the government’s failure to regularise their schools operating under the Social Action Programme (SAP).  They demand the same salaries as…