The protest, which took place in Jamshoro on Tuesday, was met with brutal state repression by Pakistani authorities, including baton charges, shelling, and open firing on the students.
Many protesting students were injured and arrested due to police brutality. The students belonged to the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Bashir and Arisar factions, along with other nationalist entities.
Academic experts and educators have vehemently opposed to what they see as a harmful shift in the province's higher education institutions' leadership structures.
A delegation of Sindh university teachers, represented by Fapuasa, raised concerns about the Sindh cabinet's proposal to allow non-PhD bureaucrats to serve as vice chancellors of public universities. The teachers argued that such appointments could undermine academic integrity and the ethos
Unidentified assailants opened fire on a Sindh University bus at Hyderabad's city gate area on Friday, killing the driver, ARY News reported citing the police.
Sindh [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): A protest was organized here on Thursday against increasing incidents of harassment of girl students in universities in Sindh with demonstrators blaming varsity officials and police for protecting the suspects.
Quetta [Balochistan], August 21 (ANI): Four men including three of a family have been reportedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistan security forces in Mastung and Turbat districts of Balochistan.