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Student protests enter third day
ISLAMABAD, Nov, 08, 2007: Students of
Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) and International Islamic University Islamabad
(IIUI) continued their protest on the third consecutive day on Wednesday
condemning the proclamation of state of emergency in the country.
The
faculty members also joined the students. The protestors wore black armbands.
They remained inside the universities shouting anti-government slogans and
demanding independence of the judiciary.
They said the suspension of
fundamental rights and ban on media were the stimuli for them to hold protests
in their academic institutions.
Over 300 students gathered in the QAU and
demanded early restoration of the constitution. They said President Gen Pervez
Musharraf had imposed emergency to prolong his rule.
Hundreds of students
and faculty members gathered in the IIUI in protest. They observed black day on
Wednesday. "Live and let live," they demanded of the government. They said the
state of emergency would derail the country from the path to
development.
They condemned torture, police cases and arrests of
politicians, lawyers and their colleagues for holding protests. Some IIUI were
arrested on Monday and released after demonstrations. Students of the IIUI
Department of Sharia and Law joined the protesting lawyers in the district
courts.
Students of different institutions also staged a protest
demonstration on the premises of Islamabad District Courts in the afternoon.
They shouted slogans against the government and proclamation of emergency by
Musharraf.
They marched in and around the courts and condemned the
suspension of fundamental rights. They asked the government to reinstate the
chief justice (CJ) for the sake of independence of judiciary.
They
raised slogans in favour of the deposed CJ and vowed to continue their struggle
till the end of the state of emergency. Heavy police ringed the QAU, IIUI and
district courts to avoid any untoward incident. No student was arrested. Daily Times
Students observe black day
Karachi: Students and teachers observed a black day on Wednesday against
the imposition of emergency and use of repressive measures against the lawyers
and media persons. The black day was observed at the University of Karachi,
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology (FUUAST), Dawood
Engineering University, Pakistan Ship Owners College, Swedish College, Islamia
College and National College.
The students and the teachers showed their
abhorrence of the emergency rule by wearing black bands, hoisting black flags at
different places and arranging lectures in classrooms. The speakers deplored the
country's frontline role in the fight against so-called terrorism that,
according to them, was a euphuism for the annihilation of Muslims all over the
world, which resulted in the massacre of Muslims in Afghanistan, Wanna,
Waziristan and Bajaur.
They said "The government took a U-Turn on the
Kashmir issue. Not stopping there, the innocent lives of hundreds of students at
Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia were lost in an operation against it. Sadly, all
these steps were taken to please the United States." The students expressed
their resentment against military people being appointed as vice chancellors of
the universities. The News
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