ISLAMABAD: Deadlock between protesting students and the administration of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has persisted, with academic activities suspended for a second consecutive day on Thursday.

QAU students are on strike against the university administration and are demanding that students who were expelled for causing unrest on campus a couple of months ago be restored.

The protesting students did not allow the university to run buses to pick up students and faculty on Thursday morning, and they kept the main university road blocked all day.

The students have been striking on a call from the Quaidian Student Foundation, and have demanded that the university restore expelled students, improve students’ facilities, construct new hotels and so on.

However, their main focus is the immediate restoration of the expelled students.

QAU Vice Chancellor Dr Javed Ashraf told participants of the meeting that he had no power to restore the students, but he would place the matter before the university syndicate. The protesters, however, demanded immediate restoration.

Published in Dawn, October 6th, 2017