Islami Jamiat Tulaba 'attack' on teacher's house flayed
Lahore: The Punjab University Deans Committee has strongly condemned an attack on the house of varsity's Students Adviser Prof Dr Makshoof Athar allegedly by Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) activists with the help of external elements.
According to a PU press statement issued on Tuesday, the meeting was informed that IJT activists threw stones, break globe of the door of the teacher's house on the night between Monday and Tuesday.
The meeting was chaired by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran while deans of all faculties and principal officers of administrative departments attended.
The meeting was told in detail that some IJT students with the help of external elements created hooliganism at New Campus, blocked the main Canal Road and burnt tyres. The meeting was informed that in middle of the night between Monday and Tuesday, the so-called IJT nazims of hostels called external elements in the varsity, created hooliganism and spread a rumour that a PU student (an IJT activist)'s one leg has been fractured during an accident with a car and he has been admitted to the Jinnah Hospital).
Resident Officer-I Prof Dr Bashir Ahmad and Students Adviser Dr Makshoof Athar reached the hospital instantly and came to know that a student named Abu Bakar had a minor injury done on his foot and had been discharged after provision of first aid. When Dr Makshoof Athar was in the hospital, some IJT members attacked his house and his wife and ten-year old child had to face difficulties.
The meeting was also briefed that this was the second attack on Dr Makshoof's house and the reason was that Dr Makshoof Athar was the only member of Disciplinary Committee who was residing in the hostel area.
The Deans Committee directed the Registrar to issue a notice to the wardens and superintendents of those hostels, where external elements were residing temporarily or permanently and where the accused elements wanted in the Dec 3 firing case were residing illegally. It was also decided in the meeting that if required so, the hostels' administration would be changed.
The vice-chancellor said provision of security to students and teachers was the foremost responsibility of the administration. He had also written a letter to the Punjab chief minister to help maintain peaceful environment at the campus and meet him in this regard.
Moreover, security measures were being taken at the campus and it would be implemented in some weeks. The Deans Committee also constituted a committee comprising senior faculty members, who contacted those few teachers who had contacts with IJT members and these teachers assured the committee that these IJT activists would not participate in negative activities in future.
Chairman Hall Council Prof Dr Saeed Ahmad Nagra said that the varsity had never witnessed attacking incidents on teachers' houses in the past. He requested the vice-chancellor to appoint security guards at the house of Dr Makshoof Athar and strict action be taken against those responsible.
However when contacted, PU chapter IJT nazim Qaiser Sharif rejected any involvement of Jamiat activists in the incident. Talking to us on mobile phone from Karachi, he said IJT activists from across the country had gathered to attend the Annual Ijtima-e-Arkan there.
He claimed those who went to Dr Makshoof's residence were ordinary students of the PU and not IJT activists, adding some PU students had also went there to protest when one of their fellows died in an accident at varsity underpass last week. The News
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