Progressive Students Collective

Progressive Students Collective (PSC) was formed in 2016.[1]

PSC has organized many events highlighting rights of workers, students, youth, and general public like Faiz Aman Mela, 2018,[2] Shehri Tahafuzz March, 2019[3] against Sahiwal killings, Labour Relief Campaign,[4][5] protests against anti-people budget,[6] extremism and violence at campuses,[7][8] human rights violation,[9] forceful abductions,[10] and mob lynching[11] theatre,[12] Climate Justice March,[13][14][15] Students Solidarity March in 2018,[16][17][18] 2019,[19][20][21] 2020[22][23] 2021[24][25] and 2022.[26]

PSC played important role in making student alliance in the form of student action committee in 2019.[27] In 2019, PSC members including Arooj Aurangzaib faced huge criticism on raising slogans for Students Solidariy March.[28][29] Members of PSC, also faced arrests in 2021 during the pandemic while protesting for online examination in Lahore.[30][31] On February 9, 2022, PSC organised a series of protests in several cities to mark the 38th year of ban on student unions in Pakistan in 1984[32] by dictator Zia-ul-Haq. In Lahore, PSC also staged a sit-in outside Punjab Assembly.[33][34] PSC also faced pressure from campus authorities against organizing study circles and participation in women rights' marches.[35]