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LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) administration stopped Islami Jamiat-e-Taliba (IJT) activists to use the varsity premises to celebrate their Youm-e-Tasis at PU Hostel no 4 on Thursday.
PU deployed security guards at the two gates of the hostel while the IJT activists criticized the administration for not allowing them to hold the function. PU Resident Officer (RO) Dr Javed Sami said that IJT activist did not get a permission to hold this function so the administration just made

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration is trying to cover up the recovery of 'private' material recovered from the office drawer of (former) Principal College of Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Dr Iftikhar Baloch, already facing an inquiry over charges of harassing two female colleagues, Pakistan Today has learnt.
A varsity official privy to the ongoing investigation against Dr Iftikhar Baloch revealed to Pakistan Today that two dildos, condoms, nude

LAHORE: Pakistan Inter-Varsity Women's Athletics Championship rolled in to action here at the Punjab Stadium on Monday, with the host Punjab University dominating the opening dayof the event.
Abida Tanveer, President Punjab University Women's Sports Tournament Committee, inaugurated the championship. On the opening day, PU's Sobia Sultana finished the 400m distance in one minute and 13 seconds to win the gold medal. Sameera Pervaiz of PU and Sana Ikram of Karachi University

LAHORE - For the very first time in history, two opponent groups of the Punjab University (PU), the Academic Group (leftist) and the Academic Group (rightist) consisting of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) teachers, joined hands on the issue of delegation powers to PU Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran by the varsity syndicate, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The leftists wanted former PU College of Earth and Environmental Sciences principal Dr Iftikhar Baloch's position secured while the

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Tuesday identified three Islami Jamiat-e-Talba (IJT) activists involved in attacking a varsity teacher's house and interestingly all three of them are Hafiz-e-Quran and one of them is IJT nazim, Pakistan Today has learnt. Muslim Town Police have not registered a first information report (FIR) against the students while PU faculty was concerned about their security. The three people involved in attacking PU Hostel number 15

LAHORE: Provincial Planning and Development Board Chairman Javed Aslam has directed the Communication and works (C&W) department to complete the construction of Punjab University's (PU) court complex near Jhelum within next four months. He was presiding over a meeting at the site of newly proposed PU campus located at 10-kilometers on the GT road from Jhelum on Monday.
PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Zahid Saeed, Education and

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the Punjab University, the oldest and largest varsity of the country, to establish its campus at Jhelum.
For this purpose, the chief minister constituted a committee under the convener ship of the Planning and Development Board Punjab Chairman. Members of the committee include secretary higher education, vice-chancellor Punjab University, commissioner Rawalpind division and former MNA Raja Muhammad Afzal.
The Chief

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) on Monday suspended Agricultural Officer Rana Qurban Ali for allegedly torturing journalist Abdul Manan and directed him to submit a written reply within five days. Disciplinary action was also initiated against Qurban's friends who had helped him in beating and trying to abduct Manan on December 3.
The PU resident officer-II (RO-II) has written to the Law College principal and sports sciences and physical education department chairman to take

LAHORE: Abdul Manan, a journalist who was tortured in the Punjab University, said Muslim Town Police have registered a case against Rana Qurban and Law College students who tortured and tried to kidnap him but the PU administration and Director Public Relation Khawaja Tahir was avoiding taking disciplinary action against them.
Journalists on Sunday said they will protest today (Monday) at the varsity against PU administration for not taking disciplinary action against ten

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration has started watering all big and small lawns and grounds within the university premises, turning them into breeding grounds for the deadly dengue mosquito, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to PU sources, the drive was started on Tuesday from the lawns in front of the Political Science and History departments and would cover all small and big lawns and grounds of the varsity during the Eid holidays. Even the students sitting

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) turned into a battlefield on Monday, as varsity security guards thrashed students of the Institute of Mycology and Plant Pathology (IMPP) including girls outside the VC Office.
The students were protesting for their demands when the security guards charged at them and started beating them black and blue. To make things worse, PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran, the varsity registrar, resident officer and Hall Council Chairman Dr Amin Ather acted like

LAHORE: Students from the Institute of Mycology and Plant Pathology (IMPP) Punjab University Lahore not only forced their way in the Faisal Auditorium and protested, where Lord Nazir Ahmad from the British House of Lords was delivering a speech, but also lounged themselves in front of his car when he was leaving.
PU security guards, working under PU Chief Security Officer (CSO) Col. (r) Khalid Hasan, could do little to control the students and only roughed up a few after the

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The Muslim Town Police conducted a late night search operation in the Shah Di Khoi area last week following information that militants were hiding there. They took eight suspects into custody that night, only to find out later that three of them were employees of the Punjab University, sources said on Tuesday.
The sources in Muslim Town police station said that police had been monitoring Shah Di Khoi for the last one month, as they had received a tip-off that

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Punjab University faculty members on Tuesday expressed their displeasure over the unofficial use of varsity resources by Colonel (r) Ikramullah Khan, the PU adviser to the vice chancellor, for furthering his vested interests that involve a blatant anti-Zardari agenda.
The teachers took strong exception to the anti-Zardari statements issued by Ikramullah at a function held in Cantt, which were later also posted on the varsity's website. They demanded PU Chancellor

LAHORE: Dr Abdul Ghaffar, Punjab University (PU) Geography Department chairman and PU Academic Staff Association (PUASA) vice president, has demanded the varsity administration to take action against certain elements after receiving life threats from some PU employees, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Some PU faculty members, including PUASA members, had given life threats to Ghaffar, as they wanted some favours and concessions from the geography department chairman. Certain people

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Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran advised students to learn from the Afghans. The statement of the vice chancellor surprised students as it was interpreted as supportive of the Taliban. PU Director Public Relation Khawaja Tahir stated that the VC's statement only meant to advise hard work.
Addressing a grand reception hosted in honor of over 2000 newly- admitted students, the vice-chancellor stated that apart from textbooks, students should

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Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran would address the welcome party of over 2,000 newly-admitted students of BA/BSc and MA/MSc to be held at the Faisal Auditorium, New Campus on Thursday, October 14.
PU Advisor Students Affairs (ASA) Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry made this announcement while chairing a meeting to finalise the arrangements of the welcome party. Chaudhry emphasised upon the participants that they should exhibit a sense of