Five QAU Students Granted Bail ( PAKISTAN )

Five QAU Students Granted Bail

Quaid-e-Azam University. PHOTO: QAU.EDU.PK

ISLAMABAD:

The court of Judicial Magistrate Waqas Ahmad Raja approved the bail 

applications of five students of Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) in connection with Monday’s clash with police outside the university hostel.

The accused students named Javed Ahmed, Basharat Ali, Muhammad Tayyab, Usman Zafar, and Fawad Khudlaq, submitted a bail application the other day and their attorneys Qaiser Imam and Ammar Altaf appeared before the court.

The counsels argued that while the accused were present at the scene they did not damage anything. They added that the students should be granted bail since there was no proof of their interference or attempt to murder.

The court ordered releasing the students on bail against the surety bonds of Rs10,000 each.

Earlier this week, a case was filed against the QAU students in the Secretariat Police Station for attempted murder and interference in discharge of public duty.

The QAU turned into a battleground as two student groups clashed, using batons and sticks, leaving several students injured.

The university administration failed to control the situation after the violence started with a minor conflict between the student groups.

Soon tempers flared up and the campus turned into a battleground as both groups beat each other with sticks, stones and other harmful tools.

The quarrel created a terrible situation on the campus for hours while no police were called by the university administration to handle the situation except for mobilising its internal security personnel, who failed to bring the situation under control.

In a notification, the university administration announced to shut the university for an indefinite period.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2023.

Five QAU Students Arrested Over Monday’s Clash

ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Wednesday arrested five students of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in connection with Monday’s clash between two groups, police said.

A case has been registered against more than 400 students under PPCs 324, 506ii, 452, 354, 341, 427, 509, 148 and 149 in response to a complaint lodged by QAU Registrar Humayun Khan.

On the other hand, the university’s management formed a 21-member committee to chalk out a comprehensive strategy to keep the working environment on the campus peaceful and come up with enduring solutions for all issues concerning hostels.

The university was closed indefinitely following the clash, which left around two dozen students injured.

The committee comprising Prof Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Prof Dr Ilhan Niaz and Prof Dr Tayyab Kamran, will submit its recommendations within a week.

According to the FIR, a musical programme of the Pashtun Council was underway at the university’s main cafeteria. The security staff reached there with Quick Response Force (QRF) and asked the students to reduce the volume. After the security staff left the cafeteria, the students rushed towards the Baloch students and attacked them, the FIR said, adding that the Baloch students sustained serious injuries in the attack.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said neither would students be allowed to do politics on campus nor would violence be tolerated in the university.

He said students would be provided with the best environment, adding that at the request of the QAU management, FIR had been registered against those involved in the fight.

He said a special police force would be deployed in educational institutions to ensure safe and disturbance-free education activities.

When contacted, QAU Register Dr Raja Qaiser Ahmed told Dawn that after removing boarders, all hostels had been sealed.

He said the university was working closely with the Islamabad police and district administration on a strategy to maintain peace on campus.

Before the university opens, he said the management would take steps to ensure that there was peace on the campus in future. He also confirmed that a 21-member committee had been notified to finalise the strategy.

A source said the QAU management was also going to cancel the allotment of hostels to all students and before the campus was opened, the allotments would be made afresh and entry of unauthorised students, mainly former students, would be banned.

Earlier, a notification issued on Monday had stated: “In the backdrop of precarious law and order situation amid violent clash between students groups, QAU is closed till further orders. All the residents of hostels (boys and girls) are hereby directed to vacate the hostels immediately.”

Additional reporting by Munawer Azeem

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2023

16 Students Injured In Clashes Between Two Groups Of QAU

ISLAMABAD: Several students were injured in a clash between two student organizations at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) here in the federal capital forcing the university administration to close down the university indefinitely while directing the students to vacate the hostels immediately.

According to the police, there was a dispute between two student organizations over the issue of hostel accommodation in the university. The dispute turned into a clash and several students were injured in the incident.

Later, Police officials said that a clash between Baloch and Pashtun councils of students at the QAU had led to the injuring of 16 Baloch students. The handout said that the injured Baloch students were under treatment and the condition of all of them was out of danger.

Police force was also called at the university after the incident. The Quaid-e-Azam University would remain closed indefinitely due to the clash among student organizations and the university registrar also issued a notification to close the university