Pakistan Students protest
Pakistan: Students’ sit-in for unions revival enters 9th day
Lahore: The sit-in of the Progressive Students Collective (PSC), who are demanding a revival of the student unions, reduction in fee and withdrawal of security forces from the campuses, entered its ninth day of protest on Thursday, media reports said.
On Thursday, the Aurat March Lahore organisers visited the week-long sit-in to show solidarity with the students fighting for their rights for a better future, reports Dawn News.
PPP parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Syed Hassan Murtaza also visited the student’s camp and supported their demands for restoration of the unions across the country.
He said a bill for restoration of the unions would be tabled in the next session of the assembly, supporting all demands of the students.
Several students have been demonstrating outside the Punjab Assembly on The Mall since Feb 9.
They have been continuously demanding restoration of the unions.
The ban on students’ unions was imposed in 1984 during the regime of military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq. It was lifted during Benazir’s first government in 1989, but in 1993 the Supreme Court put a blanket ban on political activities by the students on campuses, reported Dawn News.
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