Peshawar varsity teachers sexually harassing girls: Lawmaker

Wednesday April 20, 2011 02:50:00 PM, IANS

Islamabad: Some senior teachers at the University of Peshawar were asking girl students to become friendly with them or face failure in examinations, a lawmaker has said.

Nighat Orakzai of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q told the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly that many parents had complained to the university's vice-chancellor about some senior teachers and heads of various departments who indulged in sexual harassment of female students, the Dawn daily reported Wednesday.

She alleged that some senior teachers had been threatening the girl students to either be friends with them so as to get good marks or face failure in examinations.

The lawmaker demanded strict action against those teachers who were involved in such harassment and pointed out that the university was yet to initiate a probe.

She suggested that an inquiry committee be set up and head of the provincial women's commission should lead the committee.

Minister for Higher Education Qazi Mohammad Asad assured the house that his department would look into these complaints.

 

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