Tag: Students

Following a unanimous decision, the University of Swat grants 16 formerly suspended students the opportunity to sit for exams. Their suspension arose from their proactive stance against sexual harassment, inspired by recent incidents in other educational institutions.

BY XARI JALIL: The return of Karachi University students Doda Elahi and Gamshad Baloch on Tuesday, June 14, has spread a wave of relief across the protesting Baloch community.

Over 7,000 Pakistanis enrolled in Chinese universities have been trapped in a whirlpool of hope and despair for over two years. They are studying online because Beijing has barred the return of foreign students due to a COVID travel ban.

Withholding of the copy of an FIR is against the basic fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In the context of all this, Imaan Mazari said that with the attitude of the district administration, the FIR was not shocking at all.

After 16-year-old Abdullah tried to commit suicide following unnecessarily severe punishment, more of such incidents have resurfaced from the same school raising questions regarding a culture of violence.

The arrest order against Dr Ammar Jan has sparked condemnation and fury across the board. Human rights defenders and students bodies have raised their voices against this act by the government and say the demonstration had been peaceful with no reason for any police crackdown or arrests.

Inside sources say that some of the students who were part of the march, particularly those who were leading it had been receiving mysterious phone calls days before the march itself. The unknown callers would threaten them and warned them of dire consequences if the march took place. 

September 26th, 2020; By Hamid Riaz; LAHORE; Students have set-up a protest camp outside the Bahauddin Zakriya University to demand the restoration of their scholarships. Calling it 'a systemic campaign to limit the number of Baloch & Pashtun students coming to universities in Punjab'

Jul 19, 2020: Students from Gilgit Baltistan and former-FATA took to the National Press Club to protest for the restoration of mobile internet data services in their areas. They demanded internet services so that they could attend online classes ...

Teen Shot, Girl Wounded in Honour Crime: Gunmen shoot dead Zahid (18) and wound Naheed (17) in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Wednesday, July 2. According to local police, the girl’s family believed the two teens were in a relationship. Naheed’s ...