Student unions

Meeting also concluded with the decision to reinstate the student unions at the QAU committee

New law warns students against indulging ‘in any prejudicial activity in any manner’

Academics, politicians seek lifting of ban on political activities in educational institutions

The ban on student unions certainly violates this Article and is therefore unconstitutional

Says role of unions eclipsed in the past due to political affiliation

Only a few bits saved Pakistan from making 2019 its “annus horribilis”

Pakistan Peoples Party came into existence through student unions, says Agha Siraj Durrani

As a body free from faculty and administration influence, a student union can effectively lobby for student interests

Iqbal Lala, Ammar Ali Jan and Alamgir Wazir among others booked for ‘inciting students against state'

Stresses need for preventing ‘violent battleground’ at campuses

Student unions have been banned since 1984

Student unions can help Pakistan achieve something that it drastically needs: a development of a culture of democracy

Student unions help produce leaders of calibre

Says decision of revival will not be his but his opinion is unions should be revived to empower students

Student unions in Pakistan have been the flag-bearers of progressive trends

Afkar-i-Taaza confrence opens in City

The talk was organised by the Democratic Students Alliance at Books and Beans

How can we expect a change in grassroots leadership when there is no training ground for students to groom themselves?

Parties such as the Jamaat-e-Islami have used student wings to further political agendas

Student unions, before they were banned were funded, handled and given weapons by political parties