The University of Karachi had publicised on Friday that the university will remain open on Saturday despite MQM’s call to observe black day. As a result, several of us decided not to go since there was no public transport on the streets but this morning two point buses were attacked by miscreants near the university. The driver was a qualified one so he managed to dodge the miscreants but couple of students got bruised. Several cases like this were reported in different parts of the city.
Karachi University and other institutions should know that today was a strict call of strike and therefore they should have closed the campus rather than urging the students to risk their lives and come to attend classes.
This act is not only perilous for the students but it makes their parents concerned as well who have no idea if their child is going to come back home safely or not. In university every class and every lecture is imperative and that is why students try their best not to miss a single day.
Most of the time when there is a strike call, the university is also closed but I don’t why this time it wasn’t like that. Also these unusual and one-day-before called strikes are no benefit to anybody.
These strikes or rallies are only going to destroy our economy and our education system. The political parties need to stop thinking about their own benefit and need to sit down with the government and think about saving lives and saving the country.
AISHA AHMED
Karachi
