Several student organizations organized demonstrations inside Baluchistan University on Tuesday, protesting the harassment scandal discovered by the Federal Research Agency (FIA) a day earlier.
The students marched inside the campus to pressure the authorities to punish the culprits allegedly involved in the harassment of women and men.
The case had come to light about a month ago when the Baluchistan High Court (BHC) ordered the FIA to investigate reports of students harassed on the university team.
The FIA, which has been investigating the case for several weeks, discovered that male and female students were being harassed through "objectionable" videos of them. These videos were recorded using at least six cameras that were secretly installed in various locations on the university's Quetta campus, in addition to the existing official CCTV cameras.
"This is not acceptable; we cannot compromise our dignity," said Khalid Baloch, the head of the central office of the Baloch Student Organization.
Protesters lamented that the harassment scandal has severely affected the education atmosphere in the province in general and at the University of Baluchistan in particular.
They carried signs inscribed with slogans such as "Punish the accused", "No harassment", "We want justice", etc., during the protest demonstration.
"This harassment lasted for a long time in college," said Kabeer Afghan, the central official of the Pashtoonkhwa Student Organization.
The students, singing slogans against the administration of the university, demanded a thorough investigation into the matter. They also demanded the removal of the vice chancellor and other senior officers.
"Harassment cases must be investigated in the three main universities of Quetta," said Dawood Shah, president of the Insaf Student Federation, at a press conference at the Quetta Press Club that was held later in the day. . He said the government must act and act quickly to get the perpetrators to reserve and that such incidents can be avoided in the future.
In reaction to the scandal, the vice chancellor of the University of Balochistan, Dr. Javed Iqbal, in a video clip obtained by DawnNewsTV He said: "We will cooperate with the FIA to expose the elements involved in the scandal."
He dispelled the impression that the FIA had made some arrests at the university.
Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1510998/protest-erupts-at-balochistan-university-over-alleged-harassment-of-students-by-varsity-officials