Sindh universities minister orders fix after Karachi University protest

Sindh's minister for universities, Muhammad Ismail Rahu, took notice of a student protest at the University of Karachi against the KSP policy and directed officials to resolve the students' objections, Express News reported.

Rahu contacted the secretary of the provincial universities department, Ghulam Abbas Baloch, and the Karachi University vice chancellor, and asked them to examine the students' reservations and settle them on a priority basis, according to the report.

The minister said the resolution of students' genuine problems was among the government's priorities. He asked for steps to keep educational activities uninterrupted and to ensure a suitable environment for students at the university.

On admissions, he said no student should face injustice under the admission policy and that all students should be given equal opportunities on the basis of merit and transparency.

Express News did not report how many students joined the protest, when it began, which student groups led it, or what specific change to the KSP policy the protesters were seeking. The report named no student representative and gave no timeline for a response from the university or the department.

Rahu's direction places the matter with the universities department and the Karachi University administration, the two offices he contacted. The report quoted the minister on policy principles, merit and transparency in admissions, and on the continuity of teaching, and it carried no comment from the protesters or from the university's administration.

Karachi is the capital of Sindh, the province whose universities department Rahu heads as minister.