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The Punjab University on Friday banned curricular and extracurricular activities of all student organisations on the premises of the university.
The action was taken on the recommendation of the committee constituted by the administration after a recent clash between student organisations.
A senior university administrator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said students who want to hold a program need to first submit a proposal to the administration.
The university official added that the administration would then evaluate the proposal and if approved the university may provide security to avoid any untoward incident.
“No student organisation would be allowed to carry out their activities in the university premises,” said the administrator.
Earlier this week, at least five people were injured as students from the Islami Jamiat Taleba (IJT) allegedly gatecrashed a Pakhtun cultural event being held at PU.
IJT members allegedly tried to halt the proceedings, which resulted in a clash between students at the university.
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Mar 24, 2017 08:58pm
Extremists have won in their narrative by making them banned in-directly.
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Mar 24, 2017 08:59pm
This is a fiasco and failure of establishment to restore favorable environment to conduct activities.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:00pm
Campuses are for educational purposes not for political gains by religiously inclined student organisations. These activities should been banned long time ago.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:33pm
Do everything except take action against the culprits. .. typical
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Mar 24, 2017 09:37pm
This is still a lenient action. We are in a very difficult stage of frequent turmoils resulting from most ordinary actions in the campuses, just due to sadistic reasons of the students nurturing the extremists tendencies. The evil must stopped in the bud.
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Mar 24, 2017 09:38pm
They were banned by musharraf but one of the first orders ppp gov passed was allowing student organizations again! Makes u think.
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Mar 24, 2017 10:13pm
Extremists need to be confronted, not acquisced to.
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Mar 24, 2017 10:30pm
No school should be used for political activities, period. If as a school, you have allowed it to happen for years, and now all of a sudden you consider it wrong, where thew h.. have you been for decades.
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Mar 24, 2017 10:34pm
Wow great job Pakistan now i know why you are going down the drain. Instead of controlling terrorism you completely banned entertainment and freedom of expression for youth.
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Mar 24, 2017 11:03pm
Mafia, thugs, criminal hordes and politics on school and university premises should never be allowed.
If the students are more interested in extra-curricular activities more than learning, than they should simply be expelled. before few rotten apples spoil the entire student body.
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Mar 24, 2017 11:08pm
Pakistan, Punjab government is not making student friendly environment in university premise. This is attack on Freedom of Expression.
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Mar 24, 2017 11:36pm
@ALI khan
We know any party you name it....is the part of political party. and many political party specially leading parties are real enemy of the country. Religious or non religious parties they have their own agenda.
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Mar 24, 2017 11:31pm
simple, because youth voted for PTI not PMLn.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:15am
Good move...and the university administration must b tough againt these self created Molvis in future.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:23am
@Govind Kadam .... What the heck do they care? They send their children to foreign universities.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:27am
Same used to happen in most Karachi institutions before APMSO, where IJT used to do crackdown, beating up students whose activities they did not liked (most of the time, their victims were NSF - National Student federation). Later PSF (Punjab student federation) came on scene and started challenging IJT in some institutions, unsuccessfully.
Anyhow, APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organisation) came on the scene and almost bulldozed all student organisations, though IJT gave a tough fight. Almost war like situation started in most institutions between APMSO and IJT. IJT lost, though kept challenging.
IJT is tough nut who are not only bullies, but can act like criminals when dealing with others they do not agree. They also have connections in government, academia, bureaucracy and police, and are willing to use them for their purposes. Thus they damn care about law or rights of others. Only an equally strong student party can handle them appropriately.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:30am
If you've voted PMLN then stop crying and regretting. Next time Don't vote hypocrisy to bestow misery upon you.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:37am
Every kind of political Party\ race related groups etc. should be banned in the educational Institutes.
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Mar 25, 2017 12:53am
The committee cannot even enter hostel no 1. Which is a IJT den.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:05am
Very studious youth!!!
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Mar 25, 2017 01:11am
All are guilty, all are innocent what is the logic ? IJT has been the pioneer of hooliganism , professional agitators have destroyed the academics. Ban the party, expel the hooligans.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:15am
These student organizations are backed by political establishment. These org have always hurt our education system thus needs to be banned forever.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:35am
@Laeeq ,which activities are you objecting to? Universities all over the World have other events beside classes.
By the way , JTI is the same group who locked Imran Khan in a room and handed him to the police in 2007.Quiz Hussain Ahmad had to apologized many times for their act.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:38am
PAKISTAN IS ONE COUNTRY WHERE STUDENTS ARE MORE IN POLITIC THAN IN STUDIES
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Mar 25, 2017 01:38am
@Falcon1 I hope you are condemning the Jameat's thighs who had owned the PU for so long.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:45am
@a. Ali wrong answer!
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Mar 25, 2017 02:13am
The mayhem caused by the incident has disturbed the students mentally. The Government and the P.U administration should take strict measures to eradicate such evil doers and bring them to justice. The long before established political groups must be must be prevented from establishing their writ irrespective of the fact to which political party they belong to. All the persons involved and those who support them at their back should be brought to justice.
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Mar 25, 2017 02:16am
Education institutions should not allow apolitical activities
It has spoiled student career.
Musharraf banned these activities in Universities but thanks to PPP for starting it again.
Making Sindh moinjo daro again is the credit of PPP and lucky we are Bhooto is alive
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Mar 25, 2017 02:30am
So that was the idea? Ban activity? Who set this up?
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Mar 25, 2017 03:06am
University should be places , where we appreciate each others difference in a good way. "Agree to disagree!" Everyone is allowed to express themselves and as they do not offend someones creed, religion and race. Universities are suppose to enlighten individuals and broaden their understanding of different cultures etc.
But sick of seeing these Islamist groups overtaking universities. These thugs are giving Islam a bad name.
Prophetic Mohammed used to gently explains right and wrongs. Never used violence and anger, but explained in humane manner.
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Mar 25, 2017 05:47am
Hand the troublemakers over to the Rangers and let ATC deal with them.
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Mar 25, 2017 06:13am
Collective Punishment is not the answer to the antics of the Islami Jamiat. It is hard for me to call them Taleba.
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Mar 25, 2017 06:34am
Desperate move. Should be temporary. Extracurricular activities are an important part of education and enriches student life. Administration should take time to study and understand the phenomena and fix it. Else the irresponsible, undisciplined and the extremist element has won this bout and achieved their objective to disrupt student life.
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Mar 25, 2017 06:36am
Welcome to dictatorship masked in (family-party-owned) democracy.
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Mar 25, 2017 07:36am
Thats what IJT wanted !!!!!!!!!
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Mar 25, 2017 07:36am
Shameful. Instead of punishing IJT criminals in the university, the admin has banned all positive cultural activities.
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Mar 25, 2017 07:57am
Why don't ban the organisations itself?
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Mar 25, 2017 08:14am
Students come to University to learn and create, not for polictical adventurism.
All political parties, involoved in educational institutions, should be banned as they destroy the future of students, as well as the development of the country.
JI is the #1 culprit.
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Mar 25, 2017 09:10am
The subcontinent is a victim of racial discrimination and so is the world. People with different backgrounds can't gel
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Mar 25, 2017 09:59am
There is a need to put a permanent ban on IJT. They always try to impose their agenda over others and for that they are more than willing to adopt any kind of tactics.
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