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Students continue protest
LAHORE, Nov 10, 2007: Students of FAST-NU, Punjab University, and LUMS held demonstrations on
Friday against the imposition of emergency rule.
FAST-NU: Up to 500
students gathered at the FAST-National University campus after the Friday
prayers and shouted slogans against the imposition of emergency rule. Students
wore black armbands and most of them were dressed in black. Several students
addressed the rally and said students would continue countrywide protests until
the end of emergency rule.
"We are protesting for the restoration of
democracy," a student said. Students had a right to voice their opinion, he
said. "Our protest has nothing to do with politics and political parties."
FAST director Muhammd Arshad said, "We have allowed students to protest
within the school premises, but will not allow them to protest outside on
roads." He said the FAST administration did not support protests. "We can not
force them to stop protesting," he said, adding that if students would break any
rule, the school administration would take action the violators.
IJT: The
PU IJT activists and PU teachers and other staff members gathered after the
Friday prayers. Protestors marched from Jamia Mosque to the Chemical Engineering
Department.
PU IJT nazim Muhammad Ayub said ordinary people had rejected
the imposition of emergency rule. "The army rule has forced students to come on
roads and demand their rights," he said. He said students would hold protests
inside the campus for a week and after that they would come out on roads and
would keep protesting till democracy was restored in the country. PU teachers
also joined the protest.
PhD students: PU PhD students protested in
favour of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry. They condemned the ban
on TV channels.
PUASA: PUASA members held a meeting on Thursday night at
the PU and framed the National Solidarity Committee to run a protest campaign
against emergency.
PUASA president Dr Mumtaz Ahmed Salik said that teachers of public universities were part of the committee.
LUMS: A number of hostel students protested against the emergency rule
after the Friday prayers and demanded the restoration of democracy. Daily Times
Student bloggers confront emergency
LAHORE: Student groups from various universities of the City including
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and FAST-National University
have created a number of blogs on different websites to mobilise youths to stand
against prevailing state of emergency in the country. Apart from blogs, they
have also created a number of forums on different websites. The forums invite
comments of the students and people from different occupations regarding the
suspension of Constitution and of human rights in the country. We explored
a number of blogs and forums and observed that students had strong resentment
against the suspension of the Constitution. They are very critical of the
situation and are stating their sentiments against the emergency al over the
world via these WebPages.
These blogs and forums are providing regular
updates on the state of emergency in Pakistan and students activities in this
connection in different universities of the country especially events taking
place at LUMS and FAST-NU.
In most of these blogs, students have termed
the prevailing state of emergency as Martial Law besides strongly condemning the
suspension of the Constitution.
A blog states its creator's remarks as
'An Initiative of an Independent Pakistani Student against Injustice and
Oppression.'
A LUMS student, asking not to be named, said thousands of
students and people are regularly visiting these blogs and websites daily and
comment on the state of emergency. "The response shows everyone is depressed
under these circumstances," he added.
He also added, 'The world knows
whatever is happening in Pakistan and what students are doing in response
through these blogs and forums."
Another student said using blogs and
forums are the best means of communications among student community under the
prevailing situation. The students share useful information through these
sources," he added.
The names of blogs and addresses of the websites are
being kept secret on the requests of some organisers who believe that leakage of
this information might hamper their movement launched against the imposition of
emergency in the country. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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