SWAT: Hundreds of girls students of the Government Girls Degree College Khawazakhela in Swat district protested against the construction of a boys college on the land of the girls college and demanded the government to withdraw the decision.
Hundreds of students staged a fierce protest by burning fire in the college premises on Tuesday.
The protesting students were carrying placards and shouting slogans.
The students said that our college remained closed for 15 years and when we came to our building and started our education, a fire broke out in the building after a few months, adding that
today we hundreds of female students are forced to study in tents but the government is not serious about rebuilding our building.
The students said that the provincial government has approved the construction of a boys’ college on the land of our girls’ college, but we do not accept this cruel decision.
The students demanded from the government the immediate construction of the burning girls college building and to withdraw the decision of the boys college building and made it clear that if our demands are not accepted, we are protesting in the college premises today but the next protest will be on the streets and sit-in for an indefinite period.
