LAHORE: A resolution on Wednesday was submitted in the Punjab Assembly Secretariat seeking revival of the student unions, ARY News reported.
The resolution was submitted by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Samiullah Khan.
The today’s leadership of the political parties remained active in the student politics in the past, even the constitution gives right to every citizen to form unions , the resolution submitted in PA reads.
The government has been urged to immediately restore student associations in the province and hold elections in the educational institutes in this regard.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Imran Khan had also pledged the government will introduce a “comprehensive and enforceable code of conduct” to restore and enable student unions that can play their part in positively grooming the youth as future leaders of the country.
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In a tweet, the prime minister had noted universities groom future leaders and student associations form an integral part of this grooming.
