Hazara University: Students protest lack of facilities
Traffic was suspended and later diverted to Central Jail Road, which created a gridlock.
HARIPUR:
Students of Hazara University blocked the Grand Trunk road for about two hours on Thursday to protest against lack of facilities on its Haripur campus. The students of agriculture sciences department boycotted the classes and took out a rally from Haripur campus to Darvesh village. Traffic was suspended and later diverted to Central Jail Road, which created a gridlock. The protesting students raised slogans against the university administration for not providing them with a laboratory, a library or even transport facilities due to which female students are especially inconvenienced. It is mandatory for a university to provide students with both a laboratory and a library to gain accreditation, according to the Higher Education Commission. The students opened the road after Haripur district coordination officer, DSP headquarters and PPP MPA Dr Faiza Rasheed assured them their problems would be addressed. However, the students gave a 24-hours deadline to the administration for meeting their demands.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2011.
Students of Hazara University blocked the Grand Trunk road for about two hours on Thursday to protest against lack of facilities on its Haripur campus. The students of agriculture sciences department boycotted the classes and took out a rally from Haripur campus to Darvesh village. Traffic was suspended and later diverted to Central Jail Road, which created a gridlock. The protesting students raised slogans against the university administration for not providing them with a laboratory, a library or even transport facilities due to which female students are especially inconvenienced. It is mandatory for a university to provide students with both a laboratory and a library to gain accreditation, according to the Higher Education Commission. The students opened the road after Haripur district coordination officer, DSP headquarters and PPP MPA Dr Faiza Rasheed assured them their problems would be addressed. However, the students gave a 24-hours deadline to the administration for meeting their demands.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2011.