Dozens of medical students on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the closure of hostels here at main Saddar road outside Peshawar Press Club. The demonstrating students of Khyber Medical College (KMC), Peshawar led by Jawad Ahmad, Nasir Ali, Imran Qadir and Zubair Al were holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans in favour of their demands to reopen their hostels and against the college administration. The protestors also chanted full-throated slogans against their principal for shutting their hostels.
Talking to media persons, the protesting students termed the decision to close college hostels unjustified. They lamented that their examinations are due in September but the college administration kept the doors of hostels shut upon students. They informed that hostels of the University of Peshawar in University campus are open, whereas hostels of the other medical colleges are also open, but the KMC administration has followed an irrational attitude with the students.