Protest Against Rehman Malik's PHD

Without specifying any scholarly achievements, the University of Karachi has decided to award Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik with an honourary doctorate  at a special convocation.

 
We the Pakistani Youth strongly protest against the awarding of honorary doctorate degree by the university to the Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik. And demand authorities to cancel this degree.



 What exactly has Rehman Malik done to deserve an honour which hard-working students strive for many, many years to achieve? How hypocritical is it to award a man a degree for peace in a country where hundreds of people are dying by the day?

 I have compiled a list of facts which highlight just how much peace Rehman Malik has brought in to this country, especially in the ‘City of Lights’:

1. From 2003 – 2007 the total casualties from suicide and terrorism incidents were 6,800. However, after the PPP came in to power and "Rehman Malik" took charge, the number of casualties rose much higher.

In 2008 alone 6,715 people were killed.

In 2009, 11,585 people and 

in 2010 7,435 people were killed.

Up until till  February 2011, 708 people have been killed in Pakistan due to terrorism related incidents and attacks.

Some peace Dr Rehman Malik has brought us. This number is a staggering 26,443, almost four times the amount of people killed during from 2003 to 2007. If the award were for quadrupling the death toll, Malik certainly deserves it.

Year	Civilians	Security Forces (SFs)	Terrorists	Total
2003	140	24	25	189
2004	435	184	244	863
2005	430	81	137	648
2006	608	325	538	1471
2007	1523	597	1479	3599
2008	2155	654	3906	6715
2009	2307	1011	8267	11585
2010	1796	469	5170	7435
2011*	226	98	384	708
Total	9620	3443	20150	33213

(Source: SATP * Data till February 20, 2011)

2. Target killing in Karachi has worsened and hundreds of people have died during Malik’s tenure.

In 2008, 777 people lost their lives in Karachi. Over the years this number has increased.

2009: 272

2010: 1.339

2011: 1495 (so far)

3. The situation in Balochistan has worsened and if proper steps are not taken we might loose another part of Pakistan.

4. US drones have been entering Pakistan and have killed civilians almost every day.

5. It was under Malik’s reign that US forces entered our territory to capture and kill Osama bin Laden

These are just the top five facts I have compiled which clearly reason that awarding Rehman Malik a PhD degree for peace is a joke to say in the least.

In our opinion, this degree has only been conferred on him for his ‘matchless’ efforts of bringing the MQM back in to government time and again and his ‘matchless’ patience in listening to the accusations constantly levelled at him.

We feel Rehman Malik does not deserve the honorable title of ‘doctor’ next to his name. In our opinion, he has brought us only pain, misery and shame. In fact, awarding him the award of a PhD lessens the value of this prestigious degree in all Pakistani’s eyes. It is such a tragedy that the leaders of our country reward people based on their connections rather than their achievements.


Students, Teachers, Professors are other civil society members are requested to protest against honoring Ph.D doctorate degree to Rehman Malik by Karachi University.

We feel offended by this attempt to discredit the doctorate degree of Karachi University, which is a state university, by using it for political gains.