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| Four PU students attempt self-immolation in protest |
| 2011-02-10 |
| [Geo News] Four students of Punjab University attempted self-immolation outside the Vice Chancellor's office here Wednesday in protest against non-recognition of their degrees and non-acceptance of their demands by the administration. Scores of male and female students of BSc Honour and MSc Honour from Institute of Plant Pathology (IPP) department had gathered in front of VC's office to press their demands. They also rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the VC for not accepting their demands. Four students of IPP department including Muhammad Atif,Muhammad Umer, Adnan Saeed and Muhammad Wajid attempted self-immolation by sprinkling petrol on their bodies. The students were intercepted by the police and provided first aid by Rescue-1122 staff. The students of IPP have been protesting for the last nine months as their degrees were not recognised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and rejected by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). The students had been demanding the change in the nomenclature of the institute from IPP to Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) as for the requirement of HEC and PPSC and other public and private agricultural organisations. The students were also demanding appointment of a permanent director in the institute with a degree in agriculture, transfer of Dr Ghazala Nasim, ex incharge IPP from the institute and the appointment of 10 permanent agriculturists. The students alleged that Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran was biased and did not accept their lawful demands despite being the competent authority to do so. The VC denied any meeting with the protesting students and did not come to office. The students were still protesting and staged a sit-in outside the VC office till the filing of this report. |
| Posted by:Fred |