KARACHI, Jan 25: Expressing grief over the death of a student on Saturday, vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui has urged the authorities to immediately construct a flyover in front of the university’s main Silver Jubilee entrance to prevent any future accidents.

The vice-chancellor also asked the traffic police to ban the plying of heavy vehicles on the main University Road in order to lessen the danger to students crossing the road when entering or leaving the campus. A third year student of the university’s BS (Economics) evening programme, Syeda Anum Zehra, was crushed to death by a speeding truck in front of the Silver Jubilee entrance at around 7.25pm on Saturday when she, along with classmates, was waiting for a bus.

She was laid to rest on Sunday and her funeral was largely attended by students and teachers of Karachi University.

Meanwhile, a number of students and teachers of the university recalled that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, who had recently visited Karachi University in connection with the setting up of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Chair, in his presidential address had committed to build a flyover near the university’s Silver Jubilee gate.

Noting that two students had lost their lives in the last year while crossing the road near the gate, the students and teachers demanded that the CM direct the relevant authorities to expedite the plan to build the flyover.

Meanwhile, a meeting to condole the death of Anum Zehra will be held today (Monday) at 10am at the Karachi University’s Arts auditorium.