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Punjab University reopens
« on: May 17, 2008, 01:55:55 PM »
Punjab University reopens

Lahore, May 16, 2008: Following a four-day closure over Kitab Mela controversy, the Punjab University will reopen on Friday (today).

The PU was closed down from Monday to Thursday following Islami Jamiat Tulaba's (IJT) announcement to organise a three-day book fair at the varsity's New Campus.

The event was termed as illegal and immoral by the university administration on the pretext that the student organisation had not sought any permission in this regard, a claim which was denied by IJT.

A senior professor, on condition of anonymity, said PU officials were expecting a thin attendance on Friday (today) because it was a half day. He added Saturday was again a holiday for students. He said academic activities would in fact resume from Monday onwards.

PU official spokesperson Dr Mujahid Mansoori said that police would remain deployed outside the New Campus on Friday. Replying to a question, he said the university administration would manage the situation if outsiders tried to hold Kitab Mela on Friday again. If the situation could not be controlled by the administration, the police would certainly be called inside the campus, he added.

Meanwhile, the Punjab University's deans, heads of teaching departments and professors, according to a statement, have condemned threats being given to some senior teachers with regard to illegally announced "Book Fair" by some external elements living illegally in PU.

A resolution was also passed unanimously in this regard at a meeting held in the auditorium of PU's Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IBB) here at the New Campus on Thursday. The resolution was moved by Prof Dr Mugheesuddin Sheikh.
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