HARIPUR, Jan 9: A student has threatened to commit self-immolation if he is not given admission to medical college on a seat reserved for his area in all the professional institution of the NWFP.

The young man, who claimed to have qualified for admission, said he would also set his degrees on fire if the authorities concerned did not meet his demand. Speaking at a news conference here, Muhammad Irshad said he had taken an entry test with ID No.0663 in August 2004, and obtained qualifying marks.

According to the student, he was the only candidate from the union council Nara Amazai, Haripur, which had a single seat quota each in the Ayub Medical College, Engineering University Peshawar and in Khyber Medical College of Peshawar. The seat was reserved following a resolution unanimously adopted in the NWFP Assembly on Feb, 3, 1987.

But the joint admission committee and Ayub Medical College's administration had not considered him for admission and selected to two girls from Utmanzai district which he said was not in Nara Amazai.

He produced a letter No. AR/373, dated Jan 11, 1995, written by the then district magistrate Haripur to the principle of AMC, and some other documents proving that Nara Amazai union council consisted of villages Shingri, Parba, Kapla, Degra, Charwai, Kalilar, Nara, Charoona, Garhi and Kupri vide Boundary Order 1952 PLD.

He accused a doctor posted at the Ayub Medical College of using his influence for admission of his daughter on the seat of Nara Amazai. The student told newsmen that the people of the area had detected over five cases of similar nature and brought to the notice of the department concerned, but it had not taken any action against the accused.

Irshad said he had informed the admission committee and the principal of Ayub Medical College in writing about the admission of the two girls on the seat reserved for his area, but they neither had their domiciles verified from the district revenue office nor withheld their admission.

He said had the colleges verified the matter of Nara Amazai's jurisdiction, they would not have deprived the people of this area of their legal right.