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Join the Balochistan Institute President Malik Siraj Akbar in a conversation with Fulbright scholar Aslam Kakar about the recent tragic incident in Balochistan’s Killa Saifullah District where a teenage twelfth-grader committed suicide after her college principal rejected her forms to be submitted at the examination board. Last year, Saqiba and her friends had staged protests at the Quetta Press Club against the suspension of classes in the college. Their ‘rebellion’ had irked the school principal and the administration. She and her friends were forced to make an apology for their behavior. They submitted written apologies too but persistent tensions continued until the young student committed suicide last week.
Aslam Kakar Twitter: @aslamk_kakar Aslam Kakar is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Master degree in Peace and Justice Studies from the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Government College University Lahore, Pakistan. Kakar is a human rights activist and also writes for Laaltain, Pakistan's first bilingual youth magazine, and the Pak Tea House on political, peace, and human rights issues, including book reviews. Currently, he is based in New Jersey, USA.
To read Kakar's article on Saqiba's suicide, please click here
