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 […]
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Supreme Court suspends Punjab University’s Vice-Chancellor
LAHORE: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has suspended Punjab University’s Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr. Zakaria Zakar, and has installed a senior professor as temporary VC. The Supreme Court also inquired on whose authority were 80 kanal of the University’s land given to the government. […]
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 […]
Twitterati abuzz as #HayaDay2K18 trends
Pakistan’s ‘national psyche’ might be undergoing a radical transformation into the mould of resolving its current issues through systematic changes in structure, shifting debate of conversation, and revisions in the perception of the ruling class. In the wake of Pakistan Censor Board’s decision of clearing the much controversial film ‘Padmaavat’ without any cuts in the […]
Women march against arrest of Pakhtun, Baloch, Saraiki and Gilgiti students
LAHORE: Female students belonging to different educational institutions on Friday held protest at Charring Cross area against arrest of Pakhtun, Baloch, Saraiki and Gilgiti students from University of the Punjab. The females students chanted slogans against Islami Jamiat i Taliba (IJT), Punjab Government and administration of the Punjab University. Protestors were carrying placards and banners […]
Punjab University VC resigns over ‘political pressure’
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor (PU VC) Dr Zaffar Mueen Nasar resigned from his post on Friday. The VC submitted his resignation to Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana over being pressurised by the government, sources claimed. Dr Zafar decided to resign three days after he had a meeting with the adviser to Chief Minister, Khwaja Ahmed Hassan, in which […]
Punjab University girl killed in road accident
LAHORE: Irum Manzoor, a student of University of the Punjab, was killed when a bus ran over her in the Muslim Town area of Lahore near the university campus on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the accident happened when she was trying to cross the road. Irum, the daughter of Manzoor Ahmad, was a resident of […]