I’m a student at Karachi University. Of the six working days we have, four were declared to be holidays, this week alone. Speaking for myself, three of my five exams had to be rescheduled, my classes cancelled. My education is suffering at the hands of violent protesters, and brainless party workers.
Primarily, do the ministers, the politicians, the government see the issue here, and understand the severity of the situation? If so, are they going to do something about it, before we, much like a lot of them, turn into under-qualified individuals handling posts beyond our scope?
If not, it’s a pity they don’t realise the importance of educating us; this country’s youth, it’s next generation. What is going to happen of us, if three-quarter of each academic year is spent having to choose between sitting home, being safe and missing out on our education, or risking being scorched to death by insensitive fellow citizens, and still attending class? Do they even qualify to being called citizens, when they’re just destroying public property, dirtying the walls with their low-calibre graffiti, and ruining the future of their youth? Will the government take action before all rays of hope have diminished?
TOOBA AKHTAR
Karachi
