![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, it seems this sensational propaganda laden 'war of terror' has gotten to our nerves. As early as last weekend, many hostel residing students got concerned calls from parents all over Pakistan, worried for their children's safety. Students living at the hostel claim that the warden had been calling parents up and ‘freaking them out,’ in a sort of polite way to inform concerned parents that ‘they’ were responsible for their daughters’ safety, and not the entrusted hostel administration. ![]() The warden at the female hostel of Beaconhouse National University seemed to be way ahead of the game than the wobbly policies of the LUMS administration. ‘These freshmen are crazy,’ exclaims a slightly more concerned senior, ‘with all this security mess, they're out on campus celebrating.’ ‘They just want to get the next week off, and not have to go to class, that’s all they care about.’ But not everyone can be so detached. ‘They don't care about theses security issues,’ says Haider Fancy, a senior at LUMS. LUMS students were upbeat however, knowing that they had no readings, quizzes, or assignments due. It was City 42, a news channel, that reported that LUMS (yes, I dare mention LUMS, after all that) would shut down after the blasts at IIU in Islamabad, making the administration's still-pending decision a self-fulfilling prophecy after students assumed the news to be true. ![]() Though I'm sure no student would complain about a week-long vacation, these mild, curfew-like restrictions suggest that this is the point when the country's internal conflict gets a little too close for comfort to everyday life, instead of just being something you watch on the television screen. There seemed to be some confusion on Monday morning, with headlines claiming that all private schools would remain open in Lahore, ‘including those in cantonment and DHA.’ But by night time, the government had done a 180, announcing that in fact schools across the country would remain closed for the entire week. Over the weekend, amidst security threats to educational institutions, ranging from schools to universities, the media speculated over whether these would close down in order to avoid an ugly hostage situation. The coordinated attacks on security infrastructure which went on for a week gave Pakistan a real taste of an insurgent backlash to violent conflict. ![]()
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