Balochistan students highlight provincial issues at LUMS

File Photo: Punjab University VC with Baloch students during Eid Milan Party at PU

LAHORE: The students of Balochistan have expressed concerns over the issue of missing persons, lack of quality education and opportunities, aftermaths of Awaran earthquake and the long term effects of the nuclear testing in Chagai in 1998 during their visit to the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

A delegation of students from various universities of Balochistan visited LUMS for a discussion on problems facing the province.

This event was part of an effort by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) de-radicalisation programme to reach out to young people in Balochistan who want change in their province in terms of educational and professional opportunities. At LUMS the visiting students met representatives of the Law and Politics Society and the LUMS Entrepreneurial Society.

The Law and Politics Society at LUMS is a student organisation aimed at encouraging active participation of students in the exchange of ideas with regard to political and legal issues of international and national importance.

The session was an attempt to bring students from Balochistan on a platform with students from various parts of the country to discuss the issues faced not only by the students but the whole province.

LUMS students were of the opinion that these were critical issues and must be highlighted in the media, if solutions are to be found.

The visit was coordinated at LUMS by the office of Student Affairs, and was attended by LUMS faculty as well as staff and students from Humanities and Social Sciences. Imtiaz Gul, the eminent journalist who is part of CRSS, also attended the session.

The CRSS is a think tank founded by civil society activists who are committed to the cause of independent research and non-partisan analysis to help people inside and outside the country to better understand the country.

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