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Over the past 1 year pkstudent.com consultants have helped hundreds of students with their admission and career related queries. List of frequently asked questions […]

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Recently, a group of bright expat Pakistanis have started a community based education and career consulting platform pkstudent.com. You can submit any query related to education (Scholarships, Study Abroad, Visa, Career Advice) and then a number of voluntary pkstudent.com consultants and other community members will advice you based on their knowledge.
Check out their website at http://pkstudent.com

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There was no apparent sign of stress or despair on Hashir Munawer’s face when his friends and brother, also LUMS BSc. student, met him early in the day. He was not too worried about his impending separation from LUMS BSc. program on account of his poor academic performance. But to everyone’s surprise, Hashir committed sucide […]

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Source: Rise of Pakistan
1st Feb, Friday - Students belonging to LUMS and the Students Action Committee raised over Rs. 190,000 for the vicitims of the Jan 10 bomb blast outside GPO. Today, the money was delivered to Aftab Sultan, AIG Punjab Police, responsible for Finance and Welfare. The money will now be equally disbursed between […]

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Source: United Students Federation
* Former IJT activists among ISF founders
* Students say IJT threatens their lives
* PU teacher says students happy with Dr Kamran’s appointment as PU VC
* PU registrar says students allowed to express their freedom
By Adnan Lodhi
LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) students have formed Insaf Students Federation (ISF), a new students union backed […]

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Oct 22, LUMS: A long and engaging talk was organized at LUMS by “Concerned Citizens of Pakistan”, a civil society organization, galvanized into action in the aftermath of the imposition of emergency on November 3. The arrangement was unusual in that the CCP had booked an auditorium at LUMS – only those on the SACLUMS […]

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The students of the Lahore University of Management Sciences strongly condemned the assassination of former Prime Minister benazir Bhutto in an on-campus sit in today (Thursday), as soon as news was recieved about her tragic demise . Fateha was offered by about 150 students and some faculty members who gathered outside the dining centre upon […]

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Source: Rise of Pakistan
Barrack 10, Camp Jail, Lahore
9th Dec. 07 (11 pm (?) - no clock here)
Dear All,
We are fine here (I won’t bother you with the minor problems we face here)
Thanks to all those who expressed solidarity with us by staging sit-in at race course police station little after mid-night. SPECIAL THANKS […]

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These pictures were taken outside the Lahore University of Management Sciences on the 7th of December, 2007, where several policeman have been standing guard during the day for several days now.

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Source: Rise of Pakistan
Lahore University students thrashed an intelligence official who was found capturing films of female protestors outside the district jail.
A female student, requesting anonymity, told the Daily Times that the man had made their movie two days ago when they were protesting in front of the Lahore Press Club.
She said they had seen […]

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Friday, December 07, 2007, 02:50 AM

A full scale protest was in swing outside the police station. About 80 to 120 people had gathered. There was a candle light vigil, people shouted slogans, sang songs and refused to leave till those arrested were released. We sang the national anthem of Pakistan, to which the line […]

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An FIR against two students and 4 faculty members was given to the LUMS guards today, probably in the late afternoon. They have been charged for nothing less than: Wall Chalking the police station wall. There is a problem with this…

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Eyewitness Photos, Video and Text From Pakistan
 
By Robert Mackey
Source: The New York Times

 
Student protest at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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Friday, November 9, 2007

On the 5th Day of protests at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, students organized a peaceful gathering, characterised by  motivational speeches by students and a faculty member, as well as rousing poetry to mark Iqbal Day, Allama Iqbal being widely known as the Poet of the East, who was a moving […]

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Source: Global Voices Online
by Neha Viswanathan
Students in Pakistan have joined activists in protesting the state of emergency imposed in the country. On 3rd November, the Lahore School of Management Sciences (LUMS) released a draft resolution on behalf of the faculty, students and staff condemning “gross political injustices that the nation has experienced in the past […]

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IG police has given orders to police, rangers and anti-terrorist force to arrest students from LUMS. Four army trucks and a police convoy have been positioned outside of LUMS. LPS will still proceed to with today’s planned protest (venue changed to sports complex)

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