Pakistan Students Protests In Lahore
Lahore: On one hand, leaders of all countries have arrived in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad for the SCO summit, while on the other hand, students have taken to the streets in Lahore. Students are protesting against the alleged rape of a girl student in Lahore College, Pakistan. On Tuesday, a large number of students protested outside the National Assembly of Punjab province. The students have demanded the formation of a committee to investigate the rape of a girl student in the college, the incident of harassment in Punjab Women’s College and the recent violence against girl students. The students say that the committee should include members of independent human rights bodies, student representatives and judges.
Students’ movement spread throughout Punjab
The students’ movement against the rape of a college student in Lahore has spread to other cities of Punjab province as well. Large-scale protests have taken place in Multan, Vehari, Zafarwal, Jahania and Faisalabad cities of Punjab province regarding the incident. The protests began after reports surfaced on social media that a student of Lahore’s Gulberg Girls College was allegedly raped by a security guard in the ‘basement’ of the institute.
what did the police say
Police claimed to have the suspect in their custody, but he denied all allegations during interrogation. Information Minister of Punjab province Uzma Bukhari claimed that no incident of rape has taken place on the campus of any college. Bukhari said Lahore and Punjab were being targeted “by spreading false news of rape incident on college campus”.
Pakistan Students Protests (symbolic picture)
anger among students
Meanwhile, students from various universities of the city participated in the rally organized under the banner of Progressive Students Collective in Lahore. “Awareness campaigns should be conducted about anti-harassment laws and procedures,” the students demanded. Information related to these should be included in the educational curriculum.” Students of Punjab College in Multan demonstrated, leading to police lathicharge and arrest of several students, while in Zafarwal, protesting students blocked the road by burning tires on the main GT Road.
28 students injured
Let us also mention here that earlier on Monday, at least 28 students were injured in clashes with the police during the protest. The protesting students alleged that the administration had deleted the recordings of CCTV cameras installed in and around the campus in an attempt to cover up the incident. (Language)
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