Foreign Office has assured that no Pakistani students in Bangladesh have been harmed amidst the clashes going on.
The foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz zahra baloch revealed all Pakistani students living in bangladesh are safe, they moved them to safer places after protests and scuffles erupted across the country over government job appointments. Iraqis protesting have upped the ante this week, spearheaded by students, thus posing the biggest threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since her re-election. The death toll has now risen to 115, the Bangladeshi government has imposed a curfew across and troops have been deployed in order to maintain peace.
“I want to emphasise that our mission in Dhaka is in touch with all students,” Baloch said in a statement on Saturday. “The deputy head of mission has visited Chittagong to meet the students there as well. All students are safe.” she said they have shifted their students to safe places in Bangladesh such as in High Commission, ambassador house and other insecure places.
The protest points out some unsolved problems of governance and economy in Bangladesh where young graduates have no job opportunities. Protesters call for abolition of the quota system designed that allocates up to 30% of the government positions for beneficiaries of the 1971 Liberation War fighters alleging discrimination. Prime Minister Hasina has come to defence of the system ad noting the efforts of the veterans. While maintaining continuous economic growth for Bangladesh, Hasina’s government struggles with inflation and labor protests partly as a war mutually in Ukraine.
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