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PU notices to hostel students
LAHORE, Aug 11: The Punjab University administration on Friday served
notices on a number of students on charges of misconduct and violation of hostel
rules. The students who belong to the Shia community, however, said they were
being victimised for demanding permission to offer their prayers collectively at
a hostel mosque.
The students, including Syed Hakim Husain, Bilal Jafri,
Abul Hasan, Nazim Husain and Shaukat Ali, were asked to appear before an inquiry
committee at the Student Teacher Centre (STC).
The notice reads as: "It
has been noticed that you are involved in activities amounting to serious
misconduct, indiscipline of university hostel rules. This may result in a grave
law and order situation in the campus. You are, therefore, directed to appear
before the inquiry committee at STC on Aug 10."
Talking to us, one of
the accused Syed Hakim Husain (who appeared before the committee on Friday
afternoon) said the inquiry committee members had asked him to stop the Shia
students from offering prayers collectively (separately) at the Hostel No 17
mosque.
An Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) spokesman said the
administration had also deployed guards outside the mosque. He said the Shia
students were even ready to offer Maghrib prayers led by Sunni
students.
PU Hall Council chairman Prof Azhar Ikram said the
administration could not allow a sectarian divide, and all students should offer
prayers collectively as had been the practice since the establishment of the
university.
Prof Ikram said any permission to Shia students to hold their
Maghrib congregation separately would create problems for the university
administration. He said the administration was trying to convince the students
that they should not use religion as a tool and create unrest on the campus. Dawn
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| Education News | | Updated: 23 May, 2012 |
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