On Thursday, All faculties, administration and other staff at COMSATS University’s Abbottabad campus announced an indefinite strike after observing a boycott of classes to protest alleged immoral activities on the university campus, including an incident that culminated in the residence of a foreigner, occurred to faculty.
Following the protest, the staff decided to continue the strike to emphasize an impartial investigation to determine responsibility for the incident at the Foreign Faculty Residence, a multi-storey boarding house within the COMSATS facility with 12 apartments and 24 rooms.
It turned out that this building was said to be owned by the campus director, who had lived there in place of the director’s house since joining the campus.
Faculty members and university administrators told this correspondent that the director of the Higher Education Commission, Tahir Ali Shah, had stayed at the guest house for a few days along with a woman he portrayed as his wife.
Faculty members indicated that they felt empowered by an inappropriate campus environment that was unacceptable to them and residents.
They said that the students felt unsafe in this environment. Faculty members claimed that the school’s prosecutors were disbanded after they pointed out these incidents.
The staff requested to ensure a fully protected habitat for the students and the team. It was that COMSATS Abbottabad Campus has no history of strikes.
But panic gripped students, parents and teachers, who called on the government to investigate the matter and take appropriate action.
Police officers were deployed at the university to prevent unwanted incidents.
Sardar Naseer Ahmed, media manager of Abbottabad University’s COMSATS campus, told The News that senior faculty members had formed a committee of inquiry.
