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Students hope new govt will bring change
Lahore, Feb 23, 2008: Students from various educational institutions in the city said on Friday that they thought no change would come in the country
until President Pervez Musharraf stepped down, especially after his allies had
been defeated in the February 18 elections.
The students said the
elections were conducted in a free and fair environment. Some of them praised
the policies of the past government and some criticised them.
Mehwish
Haroon, a student at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, said, "We are
in no position to go against Musharraf's policies. He is still there, but I
think his greatest support was the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and
without them, he cannot endure a fight with the new parliament." She opined that
the election results would bring about a positive turn in the course of the
country's events.
Nina Khan, a student at Beaconhouse National University
said, "The people disliked the past cabinet." She said the elections were fair
because "the people want democratic rule in Pakistan".
Sana Jabbar, a
student at the Lahore School of Economics, said she was surprised that the
elections had gone past "without any blast in the entire country". She also
hoped that the election results would bring about a positive change in the
country.
Abrar, a student at the National College of Arts, said the
country was going through many crises, including poverty, shortage of power, and
shortage of flour. He said the new government had the challenge of bringing the
country out of all these crises.
Omar Farooq, a Government College
University student, said the elections were "better and fairer than the ones
held before". He said now the country was waiting for a new government and the
strategy it would form to bring the country out of the crises it was currently
suffering from. He opined that the people were also waiting to see what
Musharraf's political future would hold in store for him. He said if the newly
elected assembly members supported Musharraf, the people would be "very
disappointed".
Sana Rana, a student at Punjab University's Institute of
Communication Studies, said the defeat of the PML-Q showed that the elections
had been fair. She said the new government should reinstate the judges who had
been sacked for not taking oath under the Provisional Constitution
Order.
Lahore College for Women University student Ammara said the
results of the recent elections proved that the Pakistanis had a broad vision
and they had the ability to make their own decisions. She said the Pakistan
People's Party and the PML-Nawaz should form a joint government, with Musharraf
as the president. She hoped the newly elected politicians would not "focus on
personal benefits only" and actually would work for the people.
Aleena
Ahmed, a student of Kinnaird College, said the election results should be enough
to convince Musharraf to resign from the post of president. Daily Times
University teachers urge Musharraf to step down
Peshawar: Teachers of public sector universities have urged President Pervez
Musharraf to step down gracefully and let the democratic process go ahead, as
the people have expressed no confidence in him and his allies in the
polls.
The remarks came at a meeting of the executive council of the
Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA)
held here.
Hailing the outcome of the elections, the participants
expressed optimism that the coming government would restore the 1973
Constitution in letter and spirit, reinstate the deposed judges and release the
lawyers.
They lauded the struggle of the civil society and lawyer
community for the restoration of the democracy, the Constitution, the rule of
law and independence of the judiciary.
The association declared that they
would raise the issue of the Model University Ordinance and stressed the new
government to repeal it. They also agreed that the new government would be asked
to remove chairman and executive director of the Higher Education Commission
(HEC) and for the reinstatement of the Balochistan University teachers who were
dismissed by the governor for expressing views against the HEC's education
policy. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 24 May, 2012 |
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