HYDERABAD: The Sindh government will provide all-out support to University of Sindh (SU) to improve standard of higher education in the province, and launch a massive operation to clear the university land of encroachers, says Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Technology Dr Sikandar Shoro.

He said that no encroachments would be tolerated on the university`s land and efforts would be made to help SU officers, faculty and employees get rid of the cases registered against them by the land-grabbers, according to a press release issued here on Thursday.

Mr Shoro said at a ceremony for the distribution of shields at Shaikh Ayaz auditorium on the SU campus organised by the Sindh University Officers` Welfare Association that he knew that f alse and fabricated cases had been lodged against officers, teachers and employees of the university and those nominated in the cases had to attend hearings in the court, he said.

`Sindh government will help them get rid of the fake cases. The encroachments on the university land will be removed provided that the university administrationpoints it out,` he said and added that he wanted to see the university on top position in Higher Education Commission (HEC) ranking.

He said that sons` quota would be restored at the university through adoption of required legislative measures and said that sons of the employees, who had given their entire lives to the university, must be given jobs as per their qualification and merit.

SU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Mohammad Burfat, who presided over the ceremony, announced that he would resolve all genuine issues and redress grievances of of ficers, who, he said, were backbone of the university.`The charter of demand (CoD) submitted by the officers` association is in the process of implementation. For the restoration of sons` quota, I pledge that the matter will be placed before the syndicate,` he said.

He said the issue of grant of leave encashment to the of ficers on the completion of five-year service instead of 10 years would also be contemplated in the upcoming meeting of the syndicate for further consideration.

The association`s president Ghulam Nabi Kaka urged the university administration to implement CoD in order to resolve all issues pertaining to the universityofficers, including promotions, grant of time scale, leave encashment and the right of representation on the university syndicate.

`The prosperity of officers is actually the prosperity of the university, the rectified seniority lists of officers should also be issued as per promise of the vice chancellor, he said.

Later, Dr Burfat gave away shields to 35 recently retired officers.

Representatives of of ficers` associations of other universities of the province also participated in the ceremony.

The annual ceremony was followed by a grand musical show.