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Lahore :27 June: Punjab University students staged a protest demonstration in front of the Vice Chancellor's House on Tuesday night and burnt tyres against varsity administration's failure to ensure power and water supply in hostels.
A large number of students under the banner of Islami Jamiat Tulaba gathered in front of the VC's House at around 9pm and chanted slogans against the administration.
An IJT spokesman said the hostel residents were living in very tough conditions, and claimed that the hostels had received power supply for just two hours during the last 24 hours. He said majority of hostel residents were appearing for their annual as well as semester examinations and were facing the worst ever living conditions.
The spokesman said the vice chancellor, while using his emergency powers, had issued Rs12 million for the purchase of three generators for varsity's three departments, but no such action was taken for the welfare of a large number of students residing in hostels.
PU Registrar Prof Dr Khan Rass Masood, when contacted, said he was standing outside the VC's House where a protest demonstration was going on. Later, he did not attend calls.
