Punjab university barrier cutting incident
IJT activists held PU guards at gunpoint, cutted security barrier
Lahore, Nov 24: More than a dozen Punjab University (PU) Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT)
activists held two PU security guards at gunpoint and cut a security barrier and
threw it into the canal on Monday. PU Resident Officer (RO) Shahid Gull
said the barrier had been constructed for security measures. He said the two
security guards, Muhammad Asghar and Ashraf Ghani, were held at gunpoint, adding
the guards had identified the IJT activists and submitted an application against
them with the Muslim Town police station. The suspects include Usman Ashraf,
Muhammd Ali, Tahir, Hafiz Qasim, Abdullah Lagharoi and Malik Tariq. The
barrier had been constructed at an underpass near the PU hostel Number One, the
head office of the IJT. PU Hall Council Chairman Muhammad Akhtar said
that IJT activists were "harming the university's environment." A PU
security guard, speaking on condition of anonymity, said IJT activists
manhandled them every month and that they were helpless to do anything about it
since most of the activists were armed whereas the guards were
not. Muslim Town SHO Shoaib Khan said he had not received any application
against the IJT activists. Meanwhile, an IJT press release said no Jamiat
activist had been involved in the alleged barrier cutting incident. Daily times
IJT activists accused of breaking security barrier
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Monday alleged that
activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) had cut a security barrier installed
near the underpass adjacent to Hostel No 1, holding two security guards at
gunpoint. The incident took place between Sunday and Monday night at
around 1:20 am when around a dozen IJT activists threw half of the barrier into
the canal and fled away, after threatening the guards with dire
consequences. A PU spokesman said the administration had submitted an
application with the New Muslim Town police station, according to which two
patrolling guards noticed about a dozen Jamiat activists cutting the security
barrier. The activists held the guards at gunpoint and threatened them with dire
consequences. The report added the activists also snatched cell phones
of the guards so that they might not contact the PU security centre for their
rescue. The activists included Usman Ashraf, Muhammad Ali and Tahir from Room No
214 of Hostel No 4, Hafiz Qasim from Hostel No 11, Abdullah Laghari from Hostel
No 11 and Malik Tariq from Hostel No 9 were involved in the incident, it said.
According to another press statement, the PU Security Council chairman
and pro vice-chancellor, Dr Jamil Anwar, said the administration had installed
barriers for the safety of students following the directives of the Punjab
government. He said those creating hurdles in the security measures would be
held responsible if some unfortunate incident happened at the
varsity. When contacted, PU chapter IJT Nazim Qaiser Sharif rejected the
allegations, saying the Jamiat had no connection with the incident. He said the
PU administration was victimizing the activists as they had been protesting
against problems facing the students. The news
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Inquiry report on irregularities in Education Dept
Lahore: An inquiry team of Punjab Education Department has
recommended action against former EDO (Education) Chaudhary Yusuf under PEEDA
for irregularities in recruitment process in the district. The inquiry team
recommended issuing of warnings to EDO Education Malik Ashraf and DMO Saima
Yunas. DCO Imdadullah Bosal has sent the inquiry report to Punjab Chief Minister
Shahbaz Sharif. According to sources, the CM had directed inquiry on the
complaints of irregularities in the recruitment process to fill 2,485 vacancies
in schools of seven Tehsils in the district. The inquiry team comprised
additional secretary (Schools), Punjab Task Force for Education Chairman Raja
Muhammad Anwar and DCO Imdadullah Bosal. Daily times
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GCU signed MoU
Lahore: The Government College University (GCU), Lahore, Department of
Chemistry has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Descon Chemicals
Private Limited to explore cooperation in the filed of research and to develop
new technologies.
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Student killed in accident
Lahore: A BBA student of Lahore University was killed and his friend
injured when their car hit an electricity pole near Expo Centre in the
Sattukatla police area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Husnain Raza
Khan, a resident of Faisalabad. He was living in the Sattukatla police area in a
rented house along with his friend Arsalan. On the day of the incident, both
friends left their house for breakfast in a car. As they reached near Expo
Centre, a tyre of the car burst and it struck an electricity pole. As a result,
Husnain died on the spot while Arsalan sustained minor injuries and he was
removed to a hospital. The body was handed over to the victim's family.
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CM's speech competitions
Lahore: In the second phase of Chief Minister's Speech & Essay Writing
Competitions 2009, Urdu Speech Competitions of secondary level started at tehsil
level throughout the province on Monday. According to a DGPR handout, a
total number of 3,056 students took part in the competition, out of which 1,501
were female students and 1,555 male students. As many as 355 students from
Lahore division, 388 from Gujranwala, 395 from Faisalabad, 489 from Multan, 347
from Sargodha, 489 from Rawalpindi, 267 from D.G. Khan and 326 from Bahawalpur
divisions participated in the competitions. According to the results of
speech competitions at secondary level of district Lahore, in tehsil Cantt,
among the female students, Fiza Rehman of Dar-e-Arqam School Garden, Shabahat
Qamar of Queen Merry Girls School and Saira Shaheen of Govt Girls High School
Walton Road obtained first, second and third positions respectively. Similarly,
among the male students, Syed Agha Karim Ali of Govt Central Model School
Samanabad, Abid Ali of Govt High School Gulberg and Muhammad Hammad of Society
Public School Mughalpura stood first, second and third respectively. In tehsil
city, among the female students, Atika Wajid of Govt High School Awan Town,
Mehr-un-Nisa of Govt Girls High School Shahdarah and Hadia Abid of Lady McLegon
Girls High School Purani Anarkali, obtained first, second and third positions
respectively while among male students Taha Munir of Punjab School Township,
Bilal Amjad of Govt MPE High School Shahdarah and Hafiz Abdul Wahid of CDG Boys
High School Sanda took first, second and third positions respectively. The news
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