{"id":14518,"date":"2015-06-24T16:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T11:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=14518"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:30:46","slug":"pu-teachers-appeal-cm-to-spare-housing-societys-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pu-teachers-appeal-cm-to-spare-housing-societys-land.html","title":{"rendered":"PU teachers appeal CM to spare housing society\u2019s land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Punjab-university-cooperative2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14519 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Punjab-university-cooperative2.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab-university-cooperative\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Punjab-university-cooperative2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Punjab-university-cooperative2-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Punjab-university-cooperative2-537x313.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After staging several protests to save Punjab University Cooperative Housing Society\u2019s land from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for utilisation in the Metro Orange Train depot, the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) has finally sought Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif\u2019s intervention in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>PUASA has appealed to the CM to bar LDA from using the society\u2019s land for the Metro Orange Train project, suggesting the LDA use thousands of kanals of land lying vacant around the society to execute the project.<\/p>\n<p>PUASA President Prof Dr Hassan Mubeen Aalam has supported the teachers\u2019 concern by saying that the teachers had built their houses in the society after paying instalments for 13 years to settle the cost of land.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khawaja Ahmed Hassaan, through a telephonic address on June 11, had reportedly guaranteed the teachers that the Metro Orange Train Project would not affect their houses. However, the survey teams have not kept themselves from visiting the society and the teachers and security guards have been resisting their entrance, a news source said. Dr Aalam termed such interference a serious violation of the commitment.<\/p>\n<p>PUASA Secretary Dr Mehboob Hussain said that they were considering demonstrations outside the CM\u2019s Secretariat on Mall Road and outside Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s residence in Jati Umra to get their appeals heard.<\/p>\n<p>Hussain added that they had the support of the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association, adding that the teachers associations were ready to hold countrywide demonstrations, boycott exams and shut down universities.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of the Punjab University Cooperative Housing Society seems to be getting serious by the day. Neither the PU academic staff nor LDA seem to back down from their stance.<\/p>\n<p>If you have anything to share about the matter discussed in the post, please feel free to do so in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After staging several protests to save Punjab University Cooperative Housing Society\u2019s land from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for utilisation in the Metro Orange Train depot, the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) has finally sought Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif\u2019s intervention in the matter. PUASA has appealed to the CM to bar LDA from using the society\u2019s land for the Metro Orange Train project, suggesting the LDA use thousands of kanals of land lying vacant around the society to execute the project. PUASA President Prof Dr Hassan Mubeen Aalam has supported the teachers\u2019 concern by saying that the teachers had built their houses in the society after paying instalments for 13 years to settle the cost of land. On the other hand, Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khawaja Ahmed Hassaan, through a telephonic address on June 11, had reportedly guaranteed the teachers that the Metro Orange Train Project would not affect their houses. However, the survey teams have not kept themselves from visiting the society and the teachers and security guards have been resisting their entrance, a news source said. Dr Aalam termed such interference a serious violation of the commitment. PUASA Secretary Dr Mehboob Hussain said that they were&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1650],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-14518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-punjab-university-cooperative-housing-society-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PU teachers appeal CM to spare housing society\u2019s land - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After staging several protests to save Punjab University Cooperative Housing Society\u2019s land from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for utilisation in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pu-teachers-appeal-cm-to-spare-housing-societys-land.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PU teachers appeal CM to spare housing society\u2019s land - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After staging several protests to save Punjab University Cooperative Housing Society\u2019s land from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for utilisation in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pu-teachers-appeal-cm-to-spare-housing-societys-land.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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