How to ventilate the stifling ideas entering into intellectual spaces and weed out the ‘constructive’ thoughts? The question is broadly answered by the ‘censorious’ environment which most of the universities in Pakistan have assimilated. The recent removal of Dr Ammar Ali Jan by Punjab University administration draws a flagrant and gloomy image of the embedded […]
Ammar Ali Jan
Ammar Ali Jan removed for ‘fanning anti-state’ sentiments, says PU
LAHORE: Following the controversy on prominent academic Dr Ammar Ali Jan’s removal from Punjab University as ‘Assistant Professor’, the varsity has now officially stated that ‘Ammar Ali Jan was refrained from teaching as the administration had received information that he was fanning anti-state, ethnic and extremist ideas after targeting students and not giving joining as […]
If anything happens to me, ‘Punjab University News Alert’ admins to be held responsible
Shameful propaganda by the administration of a Facebook page. They have accused me and my colleague of spreading violence and ethnic tensions on campus. They also accuse me of conducting a study circle where I allegedly asked Pashtun students to continue their protests against the Vice Chancellor. Here are the facts. Punjab University has repeatedly […]