KHYBER: Students of Postgraduate College, Landi Kotal suspended Pak-Afghan road and boycotted their classes on Thursday in protest against the decision of the provincial government to affiliate the college with FATA University. Hundreds of students of the college forcibly suspended teaching and learning activities in the institution and then they put hurdles on the main Pak-Afghan highway and closed it for all kinds of traffic including vehicles, loaded with transit, export and import to and from Afghanistan. They chanted slogans against the decision of elimination of their college affiliation with the University of Peshawar and declared it injustice to them. Speaking on the occasion President of the students union of the college Mr Daud, Nabeel Shinwari and others rejected affiliation of the Postgraduate College, Landi Kotal with FATA University and said ending of 47 years old attachment of the college with UoP without any reason was unfair. District Khyber comprises Peshawar Region therefore affiliation of the Postgraduate College, Landi Kotal to Kohat Region against the basic rule of the Higher Education Department, they argued. They maintained that getting education was their privilege and through the unfair means of the concerned authorities, they could be deprived of their rights. After assurance of the officials to resolve the matter within two days, the Pak-Afghan road was resumed however the students continued their boycott and warned that if the provincial government didn’t issue notification of the college affiliation with UoP in two days than they would suspend the highway for indefinite time. Our Correspondent
