
Students’ procession on ‘Elphi’ – photo by Sartaj Alam, ‘Students’ Herald’
Article written for PKonweb, uploaded on Dec 8, 2009 as EDITOR’S CHOICE: ‘Student Movement in Pakistan: A glorious past, by Shahid Husain
Pakistan student movement in evolution
By Shahid Husain
Pakistan’s student movement that produced luminaries such as Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, Dr. Syed Haroon Ahmed, Dr. Adib-ul-Hasan Rizvi, Dr. Jaffar Naqvi, Mohammad Kazim, Abid Hasan Minto, Sher Afzal Malik, Husain Naqi, Johar Husain, Fatehyab Ali Khan and Meiraj Mohammad Khan, to name a few, has a glorious history. In its long journey it faced extreme hardship and can be characterized by at least two milestones: January 7, 1953 movement that enabled the students of Karachi to have a University and better educational facilities, and led to the 1968-69 student movement that forced military dictator Gen. Ayub Khan to announce he would not take part in next elections.
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