Karachi
Students and staff lodged at theKarachi University's girls hostel were asked to evacuate the premises on Wednesday evening as a bush fire broke out along the boundary wall. Fortunately, firefighters responded efficiently and the fire was doused without causing any loss of life or property.
A KU official said the evacuation was aprecautionary measureand confirmed that the fire had been put out without incident.
However, the hostel evacuation was preceded by a hoax bomb call to the police about a plantedbomb atKU. TheBomb Disposal Squad had rushed in after a callerwarned of threebombs having been placed in thevarsity's gym.
He added that the campus was alsopartially evacuated after the call but the premises was cleared after a thorough search.An official said the calls were received on the police helpline aboutat least three bombs havingbeen placed somewhere in the book fair at the varsity'sgymnasium hall.
Admissions cancelled
The director admissions of the University of Karachi (UoK), Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi, on Wednesday claimed that on verification from the Board of Intermediate EducationKarachi (BIEK), the mark sheets of some students have been found forged and tampered, due to which their admissionhas beencancelled with immediate effect.
According to him, in the morning programmeadmissions for2016, the admissions of Anasuddin Ahmed son of Waseemuddin Ahmed from Department of Criminology, Syeda Farwa Batool Naqvi daughter of Syed Mohsin Amir Naqvi from Department of Criminology, Mirza Wajahat Baig s/o Mirza Khalid Baig from Department of Criminology, Mirza Mubashir Ahmed Baig s/o Mirza Javaid Baig from Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shafiulla s/o Habibullah from Biochemistry, Niaz ul Haq s/o Karim Dad from International Relations and Sana Rashid d/o Rashid Hussain from Statistics were cancelled.
Meanwhile, in evening programme,the admissions of Rabia Haroon Rasheed d/o Haroon Rasheed Siddiqui from Institute of Space Science and Planetary KU, Rehmat Ali s/o Abdul Ghani Turkani from Mathematics, Danish Baig s/o Zahid Baig from Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Muhammad Faraz Khan s/o Muhammad Hussain from Criminology and Anas Tariq s/o Tariq Bashir from Public Administration were cancelled from immediate effect.