Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday staged a demonstration in front of Chief Minister House to protest against rising incidents of abuse and violence against female students in educational institutions of Sindh.
The protest, led by Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, was staged after refusal of speaker Sindh Assembly to table a joint resolution in the house by joint opposition on the issue.
The protesting PTI lawmakers also displayed an open letter written to Chief Minister Sindh by joint opposition on the wall of CM house in which immediate action was demanded against perpetrators of acts of violence, harassment and murder of female students in educational institutes of the province and exemplary punishment for them.
The opposition parties through the letter also demanded stringent action against negligent officers of Police, Health, Prosecution and other relevant departments of Sindh government and to devise a comprehensive mechanism for preventing occurrence of such crimes in educational institutions.
It would also help provide immediate remedy so that honour and lives of our daughters could be protected and a safe and secure future could be guaranteed to them.
The Leader of the opposition speaking on the occasion said members of joint opposition in Sindh, wanted to take up the issue on floor of the Sindh Assembly during its session since Friday.
“We also submitted a resolution in this regard in the assembly secretariat but we were not allowed to speak on the matters of grave concern,” he said CM’s silence on the issue was tantamount to patronage of those responsible.
