Harvard university: A program was recently organized at Harvard University located in Cambridge city of Massachusetts, USA. In this event, big officials like Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Pakistan Ambassador to America Rizwan Saeed Sheikh were called by the university. Indian students are unhappy with calling Pakistans to the event after the Pahalgam attack.
Surabhi Tomar, a student of Harvard University, said that the attack in Pahalgam was a well -planned religious -based massacre, which was completely targeted. He believes that when a reputed university like Harvard invited officers who have justified such attacks ideologically, this can be like providing validity to the state -backed terrorist Narcher on our campus. He says that an institute like Harvard should not host the officials of such a country, which supports terrorism.
Surabhi Tomar said, “This attack was already there and it was not a coincidence. Although it was a coincidence, we do not believe that for any institution, especially for a university like Harvard, it is right to give a platform to such personalities who are justifying such acts in their country and are not opposing them.”
The statement came when the South Asia Institute of Harvard University decided to organize a conference on Pakistan, including some officers whose ideology justifies violence and terrorism. Surabhi also said that this step can give the university a chance to thrive terrorist ideologies, especially when these ideologies are being openly promoted in their country.
Pakistani students organized the program
After this, Harvard separated himself from this dispute and removed the details of this program from his website. According to media reports, the event was organized by Pakistani students of Harvard. The institute says that its participation was limited to only management-help. Letter to US Secretary of State: Indian students expressed concern over the platform by Harvard University to give a platform to Pakistani representatives.
Indian students wrote a letter
According to media reports, two Indian students, Surabhi Tomar and Abhishek Chaudhary have written a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in which they strongly objected to Harvard University to give a platform to the representatives of the Pakistani government. In their letter, the students said that this step was wrong, because it sends a message that the university stands with the governments that promote or justify terrorism.
The letter wrote, “Giving a platform to the representatives of countries supporting terrorism or justifying it indicates that Harvard University supports such ideologies. The United States should not host representatives of countries that protect and promote organizations targeting citizens on religious grounds.”
Harvard University should strongly condemn Pahalgam attack
In addition, these students also demanded from Harvard University that they should publicly condemn the Pahalgam attack, so that it could be clear that the university does not support such violent incidents. However, till the news is written, there has been no official response from Harvard University on this issue. Interestingly, details related to the university website have been removed, which seems that Harvard wants to keep himself separate from this dispute.