Student dies after being hit by Sindh University bus on campus

A final-year physics student was hit by university bus at SU's Zero Point

HYDERABAD: A female student of Sindh University, Jamshoro, succumbed to injuries hours after she was hit by a varsity bus on campus on Thursday.

Shaista Memon, a final-year-student of the physics department, was hit by a bus privately hired by the university at the university’s Zero Point location.

She was rushed to Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro where she underwent a surgery but could not survive.



The family members of the victims and students of Sindh University are staging a sit-in outside LUMHS where they are protest against the transport management of the university.

This is a second road accident in Sindh University within one week. On February 8, a computer science student, Jahanzeb Arain, fell from the gate of a varsity bus and was run over by the vehicle's rear tyre.

The academia has time and again expressed concern over the bad state of transport service in the university.



In the same university, a female student was also found dead in her hostel room on January 1. Her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan, however, the police later maintained that she had committed suicide.

She was blackmailed by a man, according to the police officials, who was later arrested.

Earlier this month in Karachi also, at least four people, mostly students, were killed and around a dozen others were injured when a minibus overturned near Baitul Mukarram Masjid on main University Road on February 9, apparently due to over-speeding.