University of Balochistan: Students protest for degree recognition

Teachers and students staged a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club.

Express April 21, 2011

QUETTA: Teachers and students of the pharmacy department at the University of Balochistan (UoB) staged a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club. Pharmacists are not given jobs only because the Pharmacy Department of the UoB is not formally recognised making the degree worthless, protesters said. Earlier, addressing a news conference, Dr Ahmed Hadi and Dr Rehmatullah Khan said the pharmacy council had told the Public Service Commission and other institutions not to induct fresh pharmacists from UoB since the pharmacy department of the university is not recognised. The protesters raised slogans against the council and the pharmacy association and demanded that the pharmacy degree from the Balochistan University be recognised. “The future of students is at stake,” they said. Students and teachers threatened that if their demand is not met, they would raise the issue at the International Pharmacy Conference, which is scheduled to be held in Lahore on April 28.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2011.

COMMENTS (3)

majid khan | 12 years ago | Reply i visited pharmacy department of many universties which r recognised by ppc. the condition of our department is better then them. i m confused how ppc recognised them and if recognised then y our university is not recognised. i request ppc to recognise our department

Mohammad yousaf | 12 years ago | Reply the pakistan pharmacist council is ignoring the students of university of balochistan,pharmacy department is the only one department in all over balochistan.and i request to recognise our department and degree.please give the rights to the student of pharmacy deparment ,university of balochistan.

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