Pakistan Students Union
Pakistan: Protesters demand lifting of ban on students unions
Islamabad: Students in Pakistan have been demanding all political parties to unanimously pass legislation in parliament to decriminalise student politics.
The demande was made by students who participated in a march on Wednesday to mark the 38th anniversary of the ban on student unions imposed by former president General Ziaul Haq.
Under the platform of the Progressive Students Federation (PrSF), members of various left-wing and ethnic national organisations gathered at the National Press Club (NPC) from where they proceeded towards F-6 Supermarket, reports The Dawn.
Trade unionists, intellectuals, progressive political workers and ordinary citizens joined the march.
Speaking on the occasion, PrSF leaders Ikramullah Mahseed, Faryal Rasheed, Jamil bin Iqbal, Israr Gharsheen, Mustafa Wynne, Sana Mohammad and others were quoted as saying by The Dawn that in the past four decades, criminalisation of politics on college and university campuses has had a devastating effect on the democratic process in general and development of youth in particular.
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