Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh’s Ameer, Kashif Saeed Sheikh, has condemned the current situation in the province’s higher educational institutions, calling them “slaughterhouses for female students,” and has demanded a judicial inquiry into the recent death of a medical college student in Mirpurkhas.
Addressing a public gathering in Dadu today, the provincial leader demanded that the Sindh government take immediate notice of the Fahmida Leghari incident. He urged a formal judicial inquiry into the death of the Mirpurkhas medical college student, who allegedly died by suicide following harassment, and insisted that the nominated accused be brought to justice.
Mr. Sheikh highlighted a disturbing series of similar incidents, referencing the past deaths of students Naila Rind, Nimrita Kumari, Nosheen Kazmi, and Sneha Keswani. He contended that these incidents were not suicides but “murders” allegedly involving “black sheep within the administration,” causing severe anxiety among parents. Jamaat-e-Islami has assured Fahmida Leghari’s family of its full support in their quest for justice.
The organization demanded the provision of a safe and secure environment for female students in all higher education centers and called for exemplary punishments for “beastly criminals” to prevent such heinous acts in the future.
In his address, the provincial Ameer also rejected the Shahbaz government’s recent decision to reduce petrol prices by only Rs 12 per liter, calling the move “a drop in the ocean” and an “eyewash.”
He criticized the government’s economic policy, stating, “Those who increased prices at the speed of a rabbit are now reducing them at the pace of a tortoise, which is unacceptable.” He argued that after breaking the back of the already inflation-stricken public, this minor reduction provides no real relief, especially considering the significant drop in crude oil prices on the international market.
Mr. Sheikh demanded a major reduction of at least Rs 100 per liter. He further called for the immediate elimination of the petroleum levy and other taxes on fuel products, as well as an end to the “luxuries and privileges of government ministers and the elite.”
The gathering in Dadu was also attended by District Ameer Muhammad Musa Babar, General Secretary Imtiaz Chandio, and other Jamaat-e-Islami leaders.