Sindh

Students lose patience when CM fails to reach convocation on time

Around 590 students were expected to receive degrees at the convocation

Our Correspondent December 19, 2015

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. PHOTO: EXPRESS

SUKKUR:

Students, faculty and guests at the first convocation of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SBBMU), Larkana, lost their patience when the chief guest and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah (CM) failed to reach the event on time on Saturday.

Around 590 students were expected to receive degrees at the convocation, however more than half of the students left the hall in protest against the absence of the chief guest. The Chandka Medical College, Larkana, principal and SBBMU vice-chancellor arrived at 12:30pm and 12:40pm respectively, while the convocation was scheduled to start at 10pm.

Mr Qaim Ali Shah, you have faced tremendous injustice at the grimy hands of this public

The students were asked to report at convocation hall by 9:30am. After much waiting, the lunch was served for the students and faculty, however soon after that almost half of the students left the venue without getting their degrees.

Some of the faculty members, who wished to stay anonymous, criticised the non-seriousness of the principal, vice-chancellor and the CM. Meanwhile, the CM reached the venue at 5:30pm and offered apologies for the late arrival and claimed that he was busy with some important meetings in Karachi. The CM said that convocation is a big day for the graduating students, who will soon set their feet in practical life. He added that the Sindh government has always provided jobs to the doctors and will keep on doing so.

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Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (18)

Azam Khan | 8 years ago | Reply @Tahir: This is what happens when you make CM out of a " Munshi "

N K Ali | 8 years ago | Reply Will somebody please teach him and his ministers TIME MANAGEMENT. I pray it's not too difficult to learn. Salams

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Got it | 8 years ago | Reply @Jam Ahmed Ali: You are right. We need about 20 provinces. For every ten million people we need a province. This would redress people's problems better.

Jam Ahmed Ali | 8 years ago | Reply We the people of Larkana need our own province. We no more need to be under CM sitting in Karachi. We need our own CM nearby.

Faisal | 8 years ago | Reply That's a ridiculous mustache on the CM.

Mubashir | 8 years ago | Reply Never mind the big fish, the rest of the pond is infected as well: "......The Chandka Medical College, Larkana, principal and SBBMU vice-chancellor arrived at 12:30pm and 12:40pm respectively, while the convocation was scheduled to start at 10pm...." What kind of leadership are these people providing by their examples?

KK Kool | 8 years ago | Reply This disgraceful Peoples Party lot will always be a cause of disgrace for Sindh.

Unending incompetence | 8 years ago | Reply At least, the CM should have respected this institution, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SBBMU), Larkana, as it stands in the name of a leader whom they revere. Is this how you pay homage to the spirit and soul of "Mohtarima Shaheed Benazir Bhutto?"

aadil | 8 years ago | Reply Well. V deserve this...jeeye bhatto... sharif zardari.....Altaf..

Naeem Khan | 8 years ago | Reply It is so confusing, was the convocation to start at 10AM or 10PM, it seems to me that it was to start at 10AM and not 10PM. Right?

A J Khan | 8 years ago | Reply CM is the poor choice of electorate & PPP leadership.

abcd | 8 years ago | Reply A convocation is one of the biggest day for the students and their parents. Shame on people who belittled it and left them with this memory for life!!

Ch. Allah Daad | 8 years ago | Reply Hope these new doctors won't behave the same way with their patients. Expecting that CM would come on time and that too from Karachi The old dude cannot read time on his watch and people of Sindh expect him to come on time.

SHAH | 8 years ago | Reply Poor thing, he was trying to play Hide & Seek with the Rangers; Forgive him as he ran out of steam as he was dodging and diving to avoid direct confrontation with the Rangers.

ishrat salim | 8 years ago | Reply If the CM & the VCs have this attitude, what type of discipline are they trying to create in the lives of these future leaders. I have observed there is no seriousness in the society with regard to punctuality, time management & overall discipline in life. No wonder we are in such a mess. Wish the type of discipline maintained by the Chinese is shown to our people through the media, that is their secret of their rise as a economic Super power.

Uza Syed | 8 years ago | Reply Good! Chase them away but after thorough dose of humiliation. Insult them as much as they have earned and deserve, let them know what they really are and say it without any ambiguity, laud and clearly.

asad | 8 years ago | Reply I wonder if there is a single task this aged CM is doing rightly

Tahir | 8 years ago | Reply If the CM had important business he should not have accepted to act as the chief guest! Such uncouth behavior is not acceptable anywhere in the world. When will we be rid of this useless lot!

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