KARACHI: On International Teacher’s Day, the story of Ghulam Shabbir, a dedicated school teacher who has been teaching without a salary for the past nine years, has surfaced.
The teacher, Ghulam Shabbir, was appointed as a school teacher in 2012 at a government school located in Matiari district of Sindh.
However, in 2015, his salary was halted after the government dismissed him, claiming his recruitment was part of a fake hiring scheme.
Despite the financial hardship, Shabbir continues to teach, walking 2 kilometers or hitching a ride to school every day.
In his spare time, he works as a farmer to make ends meet.
“My appointment was in 2012, and even though my salary was stopped in 2015, I still come to school every day to teach the children,” Shabbir said.
