PESHAWAR, May 5: Students of the Saidu Medical College (SMC), Swat continued their strike on the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, demanding recognition for their college from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.

Their other demands included transfer of the SMC’s principal, upgradation of laboratories and library, provision of teachers, affiliation of the SMC with the University of Peshawar and shifting of the final year students to the Khyber Medical College or the Ayub Medical College.

The students were persuaded to end their hunger strike on Friday last when some ministers and MPAs visited their camp. The students said that they would continue their strike till the fulfilment of their demands.

A student said that many of their fellows were suffering from severe dehydration due to heat and excessive sweating from their bodies.

“We have pledged to continue our strike, because on several occasions in the past, we believed in the empty promises made with us by the ministers and MPAs regarding the solution of our problems”, said the student.