The ban on student unions had been imposed during zia ul haq military rule in 1984, but however it is obvious in political system when the central command of the country has been changed, & the authority to govern the country has been replaced by another individual. thus the new head of the state after taking the charge, immediately implement some new rules & regulations or either alter or modified some of the past laws or regulation. So we can therefore say that lifting ban on student unions in Pakistan by the newly elected Prime Minister Syed yousaf raza gilani is one of the example. But let’s see what consequences will came into sight after lifting the ban.

Let’s take the example of Peshawar University where I used to spend the past 3 years & where student unions/federations are at full boom even at that times when student unions & federations were banned by government. The most notable are PSF the supporters of ANP, awami national party & the followers of PPP, Pakistan peoples party. The third major party is islami jameat e talba, they all exercise their corner meetings on regular basis & their cabinet members are proud to be associated with the party, it is my personal observation that most the students who are associated with any party were weak in their studies & few of them often fails in the annual examination. the party members keep weapons like pistols with them to make other students afraid of it, they can easily broke university laws & regulations, during a peaceful protest rally against any issue they seems to destroy or harm university property, they treat the staff of canteens & cafeterias as they are their personal servants & didn’t even care to pay the bill after having a meal or tea. There is a separate room at every hostel dedicated for union activities and yes they are not bound to pay the annual rent, even the university authority seems to be helpless to get the things organized and make all the activities under the circle of law. This is the negative aspects I personally observed for being a student of journalism & mass communication during timeshare 2006-7. Lifting the ban is however a positive step to flourish the leadership qualities of a student and to make them able to get their rights in democratic manner. But on the other hand it is also considered as a menace for educational institutions. It is therefore predicted that the unions would destroy the academic environment of the holy institutions. Now the government has given the students a free hand to be organized & fight for their rights so lets see how can they use this right, either positively for the betterment of academic career or use it for their personal & political benefits, yes wait & see either it is helpful or harmful for students in universities.