MINGORA, March 9: Students of the Government Postgraduate Jehanzeb College Swat disrupted a one-day forest conference organized by the NWFP forest department here on Tuesday.

Provincial senior minister Sirajul Haq, who was expected to attend the function as chief guest, did not arrive here. Students were protesting against the government's decision to hand over a piece of land to the Pakistan Cricket Board, saying that it was the property of the college.

Students reached the conference's venue in a procession and chanted slogans against the government's policies. They also disrupted arrangements made for the forest conference.

Later, students also blocked the main Mingora-Saidu Sharif road, but they were dispersed by the police. A student and a constable were also injured. Earlier, Nazim of the Swat district Miangul Asfandyar Amirzeb told participants of the conference that committees would be formed for the protection of forests, adding concerted efforts were needed in that regard.