It is urged that Pakistani students who are currently in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, take all reasonable safety precautions and avoid the continuing violent protests against the nation’s job quota system.
Following student protests against a government job quota system that turned tragic last week, the government announced that all public and private universities would be closed permanently as of right now. Six people died and numerous others were injured.
Protests against public sector job quotas, which include a 30% reservation for family members of liberation fighters from the 1971 War of Independence from Pakistan, have shaken the South Asian nation for weeks.
Students who experience high rates of youth unemployment—nearly 32 million young Bangladeshis are not in employment—have become enraged over it.Syed Ahmad Maroof, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has recommended the students, for their own safety, to remain inside their hostels and avoid the rallies.
Muhammad Ishaq Dar, the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, asked High Commissioner Maroof about the well-being of Pakistanis living in Bangladesh.
The envoy apprised Dar of the security conditions and the measures implemented by the High Commission to guarantee the well-being of Pakistanis residing in the nation.
