Hyderabad, Jan 26: A rally in favour of resuming classes at a university closed since the beginning of the month due to the murder of a professor, and another demanding resignation of the vice-chancellor were taken out on Wednesday.

A number of senior teachers, employees, civil society members and parents and guardians of students of the Sindh University appealed to protesting teachers to save the future of students by immediately resuming classes.

Classes were suspended on January 2, after the assassination of Prof Basheer Ahmed Channar, also Director Students Affairs. The peace rally was organized by the Sindh University Officers Welfare Association.

The procession was led by pro-vice chancellors Prof Dr Parveen Shah, Prof Dr Anwar Ali Shah, Prof Dr Imdad Ali Ismaili and President of the Association Muhammad Nawaz Narejo.

The rally started from the Model School Hyderabad to press club and largely attended by the officers, senior teachers, employees and students of the university, and also two sons of the murdered professor – Dawood Channar and Aziz Channar.

Carrying banners, participants appealed to teachers to resume teaching to avoid further loss of students.

Sindh is the land of peace and Sufi's and always promoted brotherhood, and it was our collective duty to maintain the traditions of our forefathers who established this place of learning, they said.

"We are answerable to the nations for not delivering what our province demands for its development and betterment.

Teachers should immediately resume the teaching process," they said.

They appealed to the authorities to order arrest of killers of Prof Bashir Ahmed Channar while appreciating the efforts of vice-chancellor in this regard.

However, activists of the Left Unity took out a procession from the old campus to the press club in support of the Sindh University Teachers Association (SUTA) calling for the removal of Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazir A. Mughal and establishment of a judicial commission.

A good number of university teachers and leaders of the Non-Academic Staff Association participated in the rally. They carried placards and banners inscribed with slogans of "Go VC Go," "Save the university" and "Education system based on