Teachers call off protest after talks with Sindh education minister: officials.

KARACHI -- A group of teachers who had been protesting outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) over the non-regularisation of their jobs have called off their protest after successful talks with Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, officials said on Tuesday.

A day earlier, police baton-charged and detained around three-dozen teachers as they attempted to march on the Chief Minister's House from the Karachi Press Club. A video of a female constable manhandling one of the protesters was widely shared on social media.

The education minister invited a delegation of the teachers to his office today. "After successful talks with the education minister, Syed Sardar Ali, the teachers have ended their protest outside the KPC," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Asad Raza told media.

The education minister's spokesperson, Saeed Memon, in a brief statement also said the teachers ended their protest after talks with the minister without elaborating further.

Saddar Superintendent of Police (SP), Ali Mardan Khoso, told media that the education authorities have "promised" the protesting teachers that their demands would be fulfilled within one month.

SSP Raza said the female constable who "tortured" the teacher had been suspended and departmental action was being taken against her.

Separately, a police spokesperson in a statement regretted and condemned the manhandling but said that an entire institution should not be held responsible for an...