varsity, hostel closure troubles Chitrali students in Peshawar

THE closure of the Peshawar University and its hostels after a clash between two students' groups on the campus has left Chitrali students in a lurch.
The clash erupted when the activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba tried to stop a musical programme of Pakhtun Students Federation causing injuries to nine students and peovoking the administration to close down the university and its hostels for a week.
The hostels were closed to search for arms and evict the outsiders.
The Chitrali students cannot go to their homes due to closure of roads and unavailability of flights and have rented rooms in different youth hostels on exorbitant rates.
Chitral Students Federation President Mohammad Aftab said they had approached the provost of the hostels and the police officials for solving their problems but to no avail.
He said at least 120 students from Chitral were living in different hostels. He said students from the militancy-hit areas of Bajaur and Swat had been given hostels during the period but the Chitrali students were being denied this right.