Why has the restoration of student unions been quelled under the foot of higher authorities?
KARACHI: From personal experience, we read in books that students are the real strength of a nation for growth and prosperity. Besides, students have a passion in them that is very hard to blow out and it is this patriotic passion that moves forward. Therefore, with regard to Pakistan an important question arises: why has the restoration of student unions been quelled under the foot of higher authorities?
Our officials are not ready to even talk and bother about the countless problems that students face. What the students demand are simply the guarantee of their rights on campus and the right to political expression, principally the key components of a student association.
The basic reason for banning student unions was precisely to depoliticise so that power and authority always revolve around those that already have it. Since most students actually act for the betterment of the nation, they are being repressed so that the authorities take advantage of their power positions for their own self benefit.
Banning student unions is against the rule of law of the state which is primarily democratic ¬– which means that in decisions all stakeholders, including students, need to be accounted for.
Asif Murad Umrani
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2020.
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