Pashtun students have protested against being stopped of celebrating Pashtun culture day.
According to reports received by The Balochistan Post, efforts to stop celebrations of the Pashtun cultural day in the University of Balochistan Quetta and Islamic University Islamabad, has arisen protests by Pashtun and other students.
‘Security forces used force to sabotage the Pashtun cultural day in University of Balochistan Quetta, which resulted in injuring more than 20 students. And forces have arrested two injured students as well,’ sources said.
Whereas, in Ismalic University of Islamabad, students are on protest after they were banned from celebrating Pashtun culture programs by administration.
“We have locked the University as a protest and our protest will continue against such injustice,” Pashtun students said.
It is pertinent to mention that Baloch students and political parties have protested many times against the prohibition of celebrating Baloch culture day.
In 2009, a Baloch culture program was attacked with hand grenades in Engineering University of Khuzdar, in which 2 students lost their lives while many received injuries.
Baloch nationalists accuse Baloch Musallah Defah (BMD), a death squad group allegedly running under the supervision of Pakistani intelligence agencies, being behind the attack in 2009. The group is allegedly led by Shafeeq Mengal.