Hyderabad:19 Jan: Neither the Sindh governor nor the provincial minister for education and not even other functionaries below them have taken any notice of suspension of classes in the University of Sindh for the past 16 days.

The university teachers stopped taking classes in protest against the murder of Prof Bashir Ahmed Channar, director of students' affairs, who was gunned down on Jan 2 in broad daylight when he left office in his car for home.

He was attacked by gunmen at the Allama LL Kazi roundabout.

The protest entered the 16th consecutive day on Wednesday without success in drawing attention of the government. They demand removal of Vice-Chancellor Dr Nazir Mughal.

Naimatullah, president of the Sindh chapter of the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association, said that a request had been sent to Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, who was chancellor of public universities of the province, to meet teachers to discuss affairs of the university.

Sindh University Teachers Association president Dr Azhar Shah said that it was strange the chancellor was not taking notice of the suspension of classes for the past 16 days.

Dr Shah said that teachers of Sindh University and universities of Karachi would hold a sit-in at a city hotel where an international conference on peace was being organised by the Sindh University on Friday. Dawn.