Ghost management of JUW

By Ayesha Siddiqui, Kiran Ashraf, Noor-ul-ain Hanif

KARACHI, Feb 18: The attraction in JUW is the newly renovated Museum. “The museum is still in progress”, said Mr. Nisar Hussein, the in charge of Jinnah University for women's museum but the progress is still not being witnessed by the students. 

Located right next to the common room, The Museum of Jinnah university for women is barely noticeable and the absence of an exterior wall sign is making it more isolated. Previously it was not very well-preserved but recently much progress is being done.

While stepping inside, the empty carton boxes lying around caught our eyes immediately. There were no name tags present on the various animals, half of them weren't situated properly and empty cupboards with chart papers were present. We have reportedly witnessed student taking pictures in different poses which is strictly prohibited and is against the ethics of museum.

“We are not responsible for wrong names and spelling mistakes. It comes under the duty of the in charge” said student of MSc Zoology department. On inquiring, the in charge readily putting the blame on the museum management said, “The preservation of all the stuff inside this museum is the responsibility of administration”. Later we tried but were unable to find the ghost management he referred to.

The Museum of JUW

Student of Zoology 1^st year, Anum Tanveer expressed her grievances “They should appoint an instructor who can provide us some relevant information about these animals and specimens because we only know them by name.” Another pupil added that a library is desperately needed so that the students who are from different departments can find some reference materials on the creatures present in the Museum. Students were seen performing experiments in the Museum area which is highly dangerous for Museum’s environment

 “We agree with it that the museum is not perfect but we should understand the fact that everything is in progress. Further, there is no need for guidance because students have already put a paper beside every animal in which details are available in written format.” Zoology students said.