Students of Karakoram University protest against fee hike

Gilgit, Dec 23, 2019: Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan are out on the streets demanding the roll-back of government’s decision of a raise in the fee. Students, who are carrying out multiple rallies in different parts of this occupied region have termed it a part of Pakistan’s systematic attempts at suppressing higher education. They say that in a university where most of the students are from the economically weaker sections, a fifty percent raise in almost all courses clearly underlines the government agenda.