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Punjab Medical College (PMC) boys hostels sealed
Faisalabad, June 12, 2008: The police sealed the Punjab Medical College (PMC)
boys hostels on Wednesday and disconnected water and power supply, forcing
students to leave the premises, sources said.
Sources said a heavy
contingent of police on the request of PMC administration besieged Iqbal and
Seena hostels and asked all borders to vacate the premises till 3pm. After the
deadline, sources said, the police locked the main gates and they did not allow
any student to get their belongings.
Only foreign students have been
allowed to stay, as they have no immediate means to relocate.
Sources
said the deteriorated situation forced the administration to change the hostel
warden, Dr Khalid, who allegedly refused to seek police assistance to get the
hostels vacated. Dr Javeed Iqbal has been appointed the new
warden.
Malik Yousaf, a Madina Town police officer, said
the force had been deployed to avoid any eventuality. He said the police
personnel would not enter the hostel premises. He said only foreign students had
been permitted to stay. Dawn
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British visa centres closed
Islamabad: The British High Commission (BHC) has announced it is
temporarily shutting down its visa application centres in Pakistan over security
concerns. The commission spokesperson said on Wednesday that the BHC visa
application centres in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Mirpur would remain
temporarily closed until further notice.
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IIUI moot leaves a bad taste in mouth
Islamabad: A two-day international conference held this week at International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI)
disappointed the university administration and students, as most of the speakers
strayed from the topic 'Islam and Modernity'.
IIUI official Mehmood A
Farooqi said that the conference was arranged for discussions on the
topic for a better understating of Islam but speakers did not remain
focussed.
Many of the speakers were found complaining about shortage of
time, 20 minutes to each speaker to read the papers.
One of the students,
who attended the conference, pointed out that the discussions followed by the
addresses of different speakers had further confused her.
Most of the
scholars preferred to comment on other's points of view. A very hot debate took
place between Prof Shahid Alam and Prof Pervez Hoodbhoy when they commented on
each other's presentations.
Unfortunately, they started criticising each
other's personality, which left the audience surprised.
The IIUI
administration was not satisfied with the proceedings of the conference, on
which it had spent over Rs 800,000, said a senior official. Daily Times
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