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KU teachers want Rangers to leave campus
KU teachers want Rangers to leave campus
Karachi, April 02, 2008: Rangers should be asked to vacate all educational
institutions in the city and the University of Karachi should put in place an
alternative security system rather than rely on the paramilitary
force.
This was stated in a resolution passed unanimously by 350 teachers
who attended a general body meeting of the Karachi University's Teachers Society
held at the arts auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting was called
after a professor of the applied chemistry department was beaten up by Rangers
personnel on Monday.
University teachers also boycotted classes both in
the morning and evening programmes to protest against the highhandedness of
Rangers personnel. They were supported by students who put up banners inscribed
with slogans condemning misconduct with the teacher, on the administration
block.
The teachers passed the resolution demanding the removal of
Rangers from the campus and other educational institutions.
The
resolution demanded that Rangers be asked to leave educational institutions like
schools, colleges, universities and even hostels. There should also be some
alternative security system having educated people, said a KUTS
spokesman.
For the time being, the teachers demanded, Rangers be removed
from the university's main gates and the campus security personnel be assigned
the job.
One of the professors who participated in the protest meeting,
Dr Shafiqur Rehman, who heads the economics department, said: "The incident was
disgraceful and cannot be justified under any circumstances."
He said
that Dr Riaz Ahmed of the applied chemistry department was seriously injured and
was taken to a private hospital for treatment.
"Would these officers dare
treat any civil servant or a minister in the manner in which they behaved with
the professor?" he wondered.
Following the meeting, the resolution was
presented to the vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Dr Pirzada Qasim, by
KUTS representatives.
Dr Qasim promised to them that he would take up the
issue and formed a committee to investigate the matter.
The committee
comprises Prof (Dr) Majeedullah Qadri, Prof Khalid Iraqi and Prof (Dr) Zafar
Iqbal.
He asked KUTS to come up with suggestions on the alternative
security arrangement. Earlier, the VC met some high officials of Rangers in the
morning and apprised them about the situation. Dawn
'KU teacher attacked Rangers first'
Karachi: Sindh Rangers spokesman on Tuesday accused Dr Riaz Ahmed, an associate
professor of the Department of Applied Chemistry at Karachi University (KU) who
was allegedly tortured by the ranger personnel on Monday, of beating up rangers
officials posted at the Silver Jubilee gate without ant provocation.
Captain
Fazal Mahmood said that Dr Riaz Ahmed in his car wanted to leave KU
through the Silver Jubilee gate on Monday evening and the ranger personnel
posted at place intercepted him and requested to allow the checking of his
vehicle, he not only declined to comply with their demand but also hit his car
against the barricade. Later, he got out of the car and abusing and beating up
the ranger officials. Resultantly, a soldier Anwarul Haq got his finger
fractured. The Nation
HRCP condemns assault on KU prof
Karachi: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP)
Co-Chairperson, Iqbal Haider, and the Sindh Chapter Vice Chairperson, Ghazi
Salahuddin, have condemned the assault by the Pakistan Rangers on Dr Riaz, the
University of Karachi's (KU) Professor of Applied Chemistry. Daily Times
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