Category: Editorial

Today marks the black day in the history of student politics when in 1984, General Zia-ul-Haq banned student unions, robbing a generation of their right to engage in political activism and to voice their opinions on issues that mattered to them.

The growing insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is worrying. In two different incidents on Monday, students became the prime victims of attacks by the militants in Swat.

Despite our state’s repetitive shows of allegiance to the Kashmir cause, there is a complete black out on Pakistani media as to what has been happening in AJK for the past few days.

The Students Herald team strongly condemns the gravely insensitive and ill-considered remarks on the missing persons issues by the federal minister for Human Rights, Mr. Riaz Pirzada.