A government college in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad last year planned to merge its journalism and English departments, but an angry backlash from students forced it to backtrack on the idea.
“The administration claimed the merger of departments was necessary to cut costs, but it reconsidered the move after we protested,” student Ammara Rajpoot told DW.
Students who want to pursue a career in journalism in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are not so lucky….