Solidarity march shows rising strength of student movement in Pakistan
The annual Student Solidarity March, which was held on November 26, sought the withdrawal of the ban against student unions, as well as the reversal of fee hikes and an increase in the education budget
Student protests compels Pakistani administration to hold online exams
Nationwide student protests forced the country’s Higher Education Commission to agree to holding online examinations after earlier announcing on-campus examinations from February 1
Rights groups demand release of activist Mohammad Amin in Pakistan
The 26-year-old activist was forcibly picked up from his residence in Karachi on July 14 and remains missing. Rights groups have blamed security forces for harassing his family and demanded his immediate release
Education is Resistance, Resistance is Education
We take a look at the struggles for free and quality education in Pakistan, the US, India, Colombia, France, Brazil, Chile and more in the past year
‘The desire for revolution is in our hearts’: historic students’ march in Pakistan
Students in more than 40 cities across Pakistan mobilized to demand the repeal of the ban on student unions and against privatization
“The future belongs to us”: Students’ solidarity march in Pakistan
In 1984, Pakistan’s military dictator Zia-Ul-Haq banned student unions in an attempt to suppress students resistance against the dictatorship. Today Pakistani students seek to overturn this ban
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