Staff Reporter
Hundreds of youth have participated in rallies entitled, Students Solidarity March, organised in different parts of the country, urging the government for restoration of student unions in educational institutions.
The Students Solidarity March was attended by members of different student unions across the country that has also gained attention of the nationals, social activists, politicians, and ministers.
In Lahore, the administration of the Government College University (GCU) locked doors of the college to stop students from attending the solidarity march.
Later, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said Friday that the government is not mulling over the restoration of the student unions and no decision has been made so far regarding it.
Shaukat Yousafzai, in his statement to media, said, “I am in support for the restoration of students’ unions as I was also a students’ leaders in past.”
He clarified that the authorities have not taken any decision for the unions’ restoration. He, however, said that students’ unions had made some mistakes in past which could be removed.
Yousafzai said that the unions have an important role for resolution of issues being faced by students in the educational institutions.
