Department shut down: LCWU students boycott classes

LAHORE: Lahore College for Women University students refused to attend classes on Thursday to protest the closure of the Architecture Department. Students said the administration had asked the Architecture Department head to resign. They said about 60 students would be ‘adversely affected’ by the decision to place architecture under the discipline of town planning. Students claimed the administration had violated university rules. They said they had started protests after failing to negotiate with the vice-chancellor.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2014.