Teachers at the University of Karachi have strongly opposed the Sindh government’s proposed bill seeking to grant autonomous status to the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences. They warned that the move would put the future of students, faculty and researchers at risk.

Speaking to The Express Tribune , KU faculty members said, the plan would undermine decades of academic investment and turn a premier public-sector research facility into an inaccessible space for middle-class students. They demanded that the bill be withdrawn and that all stakeholders be taken into confidence. The KU Teachers’ Society (KUTS) has also convened an emergency meeting to discuss its strategy.

KUTS President Ghufran Alam said, the bill was presented in the Sindh cabinet without consulting

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