The administration of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan has expelled 13 students who are members of the Pakhtun Students Federation, in what is being termed as a clampdown on student activism on the campus.
The notification was issued on Tuesday, and stated that the expelled students would be barred from entry into the university campus, and would be ineligible to enroll in any AWKUM program in the future.
https://twitter.com/Achakkhan_/status/1524086653341556737
Following this development, the hashtag #RestoreAWKUMStudents began circulating on Twitter, with people condemning the university's administration for its random and baseless expulsion of students for no reason.
https://twitter.com/kakar_yasin/status/1524431645721468928
The PSF issued a statement via Twitter, saying that the struggle for the rights of students is a national duty. "PSF members cannot be intimidated by such clever tactics," they said.
https://twitter.com/PSFMarkaz/status/1524092804707885056
The organization also said that they would be running a campaign tonight from 9 PM to 12 PM, protesting the expulsion and eviction of the students.
https://twitter.com/PSFMarkaz/status/1524368685439275008
The Awami National Party (ANP)'s Secretary of Youth Affairs, Sana Gulzar appealed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to ask them to cease the interference in the lives of the students, otherwise the situation would escalate.
https://twitter.com/sannagulzar/status/1524433600489435136
The central deputy general secretary of the PSF wrote about how the organization has been struggling for a political, secular, democratic, and gender balanced campus.
https://twitter.com/syedhashmi01/status/1524430446712471553
Other users demanded that the administration reconsider its decision to expel the students.
https://twitter.com/malak_suhail/status/1524274001396342784
https://twitter.com/UmairArbab8/status/1524428152302354434
https://twitter.com/kakar_yasin/status/1524431645721468928
https://twitter.com/HZKhan47/status/1524429605242867713
There were also questions being raised at why students from a particular ethnicity were being depoliticised.
https://twitter.com/Khadimhussain4/status/1524442309294755842
https://twitter.com/Umar_Wazir1/status/1524420789474316295
https://twitter.com/Dr_Nabella/status/1524447028255858688
https://twitter.com/afsarafghan14/status/1524450859911942152
Three years ago Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan became the site of a horrific incident, when political activist and student Mashal Khan was lynched by an angry mob on the university premises, on fake blasphemy charges.
The notification was issued on Tuesday, and stated that the expelled students would be barred from entry into the university campus, and would be ineligible to enroll in any AWKUM program in the future.
https://twitter.com/Achakkhan_/status/1524086653341556737
Following this development, the hashtag #RestoreAWKUMStudents began circulating on Twitter, with people condemning the university's administration for its random and baseless expulsion of students for no reason.
https://twitter.com/kakar_yasin/status/1524431645721468928
The PSF issued a statement via Twitter, saying that the struggle for the rights of students is a national duty. "PSF members cannot be intimidated by such clever tactics," they said.
https://twitter.com/PSFMarkaz/status/1524092804707885056
The organization also said that they would be running a campaign tonight from 9 PM to 12 PM, protesting the expulsion and eviction of the students.
https://twitter.com/PSFMarkaz/status/1524368685439275008
The Awami National Party (ANP)'s Secretary of Youth Affairs, Sana Gulzar appealed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to ask them to cease the interference in the lives of the students, otherwise the situation would escalate.
https://twitter.com/sannagulzar/status/1524433600489435136
The central deputy general secretary of the PSF wrote about how the organization has been struggling for a political, secular, democratic, and gender balanced campus.
https://twitter.com/syedhashmi01/status/1524430446712471553
Other users demanded that the administration reconsider its decision to expel the students.
https://twitter.com/malak_suhail/status/1524274001396342784
https://twitter.com/UmairArbab8/status/1524428152302354434
https://twitter.com/kakar_yasin/status/1524431645721468928
https://twitter.com/HZKhan47/status/1524429605242867713
There were also questions being raised at why students from a particular ethnicity were being depoliticised.
https://twitter.com/Khadimhussain4/status/1524442309294755842
https://twitter.com/Umar_Wazir1/status/1524420789474316295
https://twitter.com/Dr_Nabella/status/1524447028255858688
https://twitter.com/afsarafghan14/status/1524450859911942152
Three years ago Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan became the site of a horrific incident, when political activist and student Mashal Khan was lynched by an angry mob on the university premises, on fake blasphemy charges.