PTI Students Stage Protest in Peshawar

December 14th, 2007 alijan · No Comments

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: The Insaaf Student Federation (ISF) organised a protest rally against the imposition of emergency and for the freedom of judiciary here on Thursday at the main campus of the University of Peshawar.

ISF is the student wing of Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaaf, which has boycotted the 2008 general elections.

More than 100 students participated in the rally. ISF campus President Murad Khan led the rally.

“We want a free judiciary in our country,” Murad Khan said, adding that, “All political parties should boycott the up coming general elections.” He requested the student community to raise their voice against the imposition of martial law in the country.

“Free and fair elections are not possible in the country without the presence of a free judiciary,” he added. He pledged that the student community could save the country by launching a movement against the present administration.

“We want rule of law in our country and not rule of a few individuals,” he said.

He said that it was a ‘do or die’ situation for the country and its people.

He resented the negative approach of some political parties in handling the judicial crisis.

“Every political party should demand the restoration of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,” he said.

Earlier students belonging to different departments gathered in front of the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS) from where they walked towards the vice chancellor’s (VC) house.

The rally was stopped by the police in front of the Law College and was not allowed to proceed. However, there was no clash between the students and the administration and the rally remained peaceful. It was the first activity organised by ISF on the campus.