Another mentor gone

Letter September 24, 2014
Teachers play an important part in the life of their students and brutal killings of teachers can never be justified.

KARACHI: In the past, the educated were killed by those in charge because they knew education would cause people to question all the wrongs.

In 2014, things seem not to have changed. Something of the similar sort happened to Dr Shakil Auj (late). He was the teacher who was killed by the society he spent years building intellectually. Teachers play an important part in the life of their students and the brutal killings of teachers can never be justified. Karachi University along with other universities have been protesting continuously in hopes of prosecuting those responsible for such acts. The government has failed to improve the law and order situation in Karachi.

It is my request to the Government of Pakistan to look into this case and to try and provide security to our teachers because without them the future of our country looks bleak.

Faran Muhammad Khan

Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2014.

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