Two student groups, including Pakthun Baloch Students Union (PBSU) and Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT), from Punjab University (PU) came face to face when the members of the former organization protested against their rival’s annual event called ‘Pioneer Festival’ early morning on Monday.
The protest grew violent as the PBSU members sabotaged IJT’s festival as reported by a local newspaper. The members of IJT later held a sit-in outside Vice-Chancellor Dr Zakaria Zakar’s office, however, it didn’t end well as the students from Jamiat burned a classroom and the Electrical Engineering Department. Not just this, the infuriated students also vandalized vehicles near the affected department.
The Twitterati have sprung into action, debating over the role of two groups, PU administration and Punjab Police who have a large number of men posted on the campus following the clashes.
The situation is pretty bad in PU.
Who is at fault here?
Let’s hope the situation clears out soon without any bloodshed.
Punjab government’s policies?
Racial prejudices need to be stopped if this is how it happened.
This may well be a valid reason.
Punjab government needs to bring things under control.
How can educated students beat fellow students like animals?
Such organizations need to be banned, once and for all.
It is high time to get rid of them.
