Balochistan University reopens after three weeks

QUETTA: Balochistan University was reopened today after suspension of classes for three weeks wherein the political parties and students organizations in consultation with the vice chancellor of university agreed on 24 point code of ethic to respect discipline and abide by the rules to maintain peaceful atmosphere in the campus.
The university was closed on October 15 following clash between the two factions of the students’ organization as one group supported merit for admissions and tests whereas other group wanted the quota system.
The vice chancellor Dr. Masoom Khan Yasinzai chaired a meeting that was attended by the Habib Jalib Baloch of BNP-Mengal, Usman Kakar of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Khudadad Khan of Awami National Party, Mir Tahir Bizenjo of National Party, Shahzeb Baloch of Baloch Students Organization (Azad), Ahmed Jan of Pakhtunkhwa Students Organization, Javed Baloch of Baloch Students Organization (Mohinuddin), Jehanzeb Tareen of Pakhtun Students Federation, Abdullah Baloch of BSO (Pujar) Ataullah Kakar of Jamait Tulba Islam and Zakir Hussain of Hazara Students Federation.
The representatives of the student bodies that signed the agreement assured the meeting to honour the accord and major points of the code of ethic. Students organizations would use university notice board for activities and no organization could write wall-chalking, university administration would have full authority to take action against the candidate involved in cheating in tests, students in the hostels would strictly abide by the code of ethics, 75 percent attendance in classes would be necessary for submission of examination forms, no outsiders could reside in hostels and allotment for rooms in hostels would be on merit basis and the heads of the educational institutions would be bound to implement the code of ethic.
Vice Chancellor thanked the representatives of the political groups and the student organizations for extending cooperation to the university administration to run the academic affairs peacefully to promote congenial atmosphere in the campus.