{"id":7671,"date":"2026-07-26T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7671"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:35:16","slug":"jst-candidates-protest-in-sukkur-demand-merit-based-recruitment-for-50-plus-scorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7671","title":{"rendered":"JST Candidates Protest in Sukkur, Demand Merit-Based Recruitment for 50-Plus Scorers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sukkur:<\/strong> Candidates who scored <strong>50 or more marks<\/strong> in the <strong>Junior School Teacher (JST)<\/strong> written examination staged a peaceful protest outside the <strong>Sukkur Press Club<\/strong>, urging the Sindh government to ensure merit-based recruitment in the upcoming decision expected on <strong>5 August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large number of candidates participated in the demonstration, calling on the <strong>Government of Sindh<\/strong> and the <strong>Education Department<\/strong> to declare all candidates who secured <strong>50-plus marks<\/strong> successful on merit and complete the recruitment process without further delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protesters carried placards and banners displaying slogans in support of their demands. They also chanted slogans including <strong>&#8220;Restore Merit,&#8221; &#8220;Justice for 50-Plus Candidates,&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Give Educated Youth Their Right.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the media, the candidates said they had achieved their scores through hard work, dedication, and merit, and therefore deserved fair consideration in the recruitment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They argued that overlooking merit-based candidates would not only be unjust to qualified applicants but would also undermine confidence in the education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protesters appealed to the <strong>Chief Minister of Sindh<\/strong>, the <strong>Provincial Education Minister<\/strong>, the <strong>Secretary of Education<\/strong>, and other relevant authorities to ensure that the decision expected on <strong>5 August<\/strong> takes into account the candidates&#8217; performance and upholds the principles of merit and transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They urged the government to approve the recruitment of all candidates who obtained <strong>50 or more marks<\/strong>, saying such a decision would provide employment opportunities to thousands of educated young people across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants emphasised that their campaign would remain <strong>peaceful, constitutional, and lawful<\/strong>, adding that they would continue to pursue their demands through democratic means if their concerns were not addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the conclusion of the protest, the candidates reiterated their call for the authorities to complete the recruitment process promptly by declaring all eligible 50-plus candidates successful on merit, stating that doing so would help address the uncertainty faced by thousands of qualified job seekers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sukkur: Candidates who scored 50 or more marks in the Junior School Teacher (JST) written examination staged a peaceful protest outside the Sukkur Press Club,..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27.jpg",787,444,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27-768x433.jpg",768,433,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27.jpg",787,444,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27.jpg",787,444,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Capture-27.jpg",787,444,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7673,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7671\/revisions\/7673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}