PU students protest expulsion of colleagues

LAHORE: Two different student groups at Punjab University (PU) on Monday protested against the university administration for recent expulsion and rustication of their fellows.

Last week the PU administration expelled 13 students belonging to Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) and four students belonging to Pashtun/Baloch organisation involved in creating law and order on campus on January 22.

The activists of Jamiat, including some outsiders, reached the VC office in the shape of a peaceful rally and demanded the administration to withdraw its decisions. Similarly, a group of Pashtun/Baloch students also protested against the expulsion and rustication.

A delegation of representatives of the two groups was invited by the VC Prof Dr Zakria Zakar who informed the student groups that the action was taken on evid-ence and no injustice was done. He said the students had right to appeal and they should file the same with the PU Disciplinary Committee as there was no other option.