Police action against students protested in Bajaur

Published November 12, 2020
In this file photo, police officers rush towards protesting students to disperse them. —DawnNewsTV
In this file photo, police officers rush towards protesting students to disperse them. —DawnNewsTV

BAJAUR: Hundreds of people staged a demonstration here on Wednesday to condemn the police action against protesting students of the Governor Model School and College on Tuesday, in which two students were injured.

The political and social activists, youths, traders and students of different educational institutions, including Government Postgraduate College, Khar, and Governor Model School and College, Khar, attended the demonstration held at the main Chowk of the Khar Bazaar.

The protesters chanting slogans against the district administration, the police and the management of Governor Model School and College, assailed the police for beating up students seeking fee waiver, which was their constitutional right.

The protest started at about 10am and continued till 2.15pm, disrupting vehicular traffic on the Khar-Mardan Road and shutting the trade and business activities in the bazaar.

JI district chief Sardar Khan, ANP general secretary Nisar Khan Baz, Ameenur Rahman, PTI leaders Dr Hamidur Rahman, Malik Shah Wali Khan, Bajaur Youth Jirga chairman Wajid Ali Shah and students leaders addressed the protest.

They described the action against the innocent students shameful and said use of force against the students was a matter of serious concern for the residents of Bajaur. They said every citizen of the region had the right to hold a peaceful protest to press for their demands.

The speakers also slammed the district police officer and other senior officials for not taking action against the personnel responsible for the incident.

They lamented that neither the DPO nor any other police official visited the hospital to enquire about the wounded students.

They asked the provincial police chief to take notice of the incident and award punishment to those involved in the brutal action against the innocent students.

They also criticised the management of Governor Model School and College for asking the students to pay the fees of six months when the college remained closed due to Covid-19-induced lockdown.

The protest ended when the DPO along with a group of police and district administration officials arrived at the scene and assured them of taking strict action against the erring police personnel.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Ultimate price
Updated 02 Nov, 2024

Ultimate price

To dismantle culture of impunity for crimes against journalists, state must ensure that perpetrators do not go unpunished.
Mastung bombing
02 Nov, 2024

Mastung bombing

INSTABILITY continues to haunt Balochistan, as Friday morning’s bombing in Mastung has shown. At least nine...
Plane speak
02 Nov, 2024

Plane speak

DESPITE all its efforts to facilitate PIA’s privatisation, it seems the government only ended up being taken for a...
Seeking investment
Updated 01 Nov, 2024

Seeking investment

Foreign visits will be fruitless unless crucial structural, policy reforms directly affecting investors are focused.
State-backed terror
01 Nov, 2024

State-backed terror

OVER the past year or so, India’s reportedly malign activities in foreign countries have increasingly come under the radar, with
Shared crisis
01 Nov, 2024

Shared crisis

WITH Lahore experiencing unprecedented levels of smog, the Punjab government has announced a series of “green...