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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKOHAT: The students of the Kohat University of Science and Technology here on Wednesday attempted to lynch a fellow student for allegedly posting blasphemous comments on Facebook last month.The students were enraged after they found the accused in the classroom in violation of an agreement reached with the administration that he would be expelled from the university.The students got hold of the accused and started thrashing and kicking him, leaving him injured.However, vice chancellor Dr Tasleem Hussain got him freed from the students and took him to his office. Later, the VC called the police to the campus to control the situation.Soon afterwards, the anti-riot police along with armoured personnel carriers reached the university, where the enraged students had besieged the VC’s office.They demanded that either the administration expel him from the university or they would kill him.Later, the students closed all gates of the university and said they won’t open the gates unless a notification for the expulsion of the alleged blasphemer was issued.Succumbing to the pressure, the vice chancellor issued a notification expelling the student from the varsity, after which the gates were opened by the protesting students.The students checked each police vehicle for the presence of the student before allowing it to leave the campus.After the blasphemy controversy arose last month, the suspect was sent to prison on the orders of the deputy commissioner.Published in Dawn, November 5th, 2020AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementComments (12) ClosedKP is a desolate wretched area of a Godforsaken country.Cant get any better than that.How many to be thrashed? More and more cases will come up with modern education and lifestyle.Fanatism at its peak.....this may lead to internal war and reckless killingsAnother absolute abuse of blasphemy laws.The students of the Kohat University of Science and Technology here on Wednesday attempted to lynch a fellow student for allegedly posting blasphemous"Are they suppose to become Engineers or some kind of institutions that believes in delivering justice on the spot.?I am not sure what kind of students are selected for such technical institution and what would they contribute to society having earned technical degree.No to such madness in our faith, Islam...what is happening in Pakistan? its not good it creates anarchy killing of innocent people on the name of religion Govt should take action before its too late.Labaik LabaikDont blame madrassas,students of universities too are of no good.Yesterday, a Pakistani Bank manager was killed by the Bank guard over ‘blasphemous’ remarks.and we point finger on neighbour that there is intolerance.student already sent letter to the university VC and HOD IT for relaxation for attending daily classes due to life threat. But university administration reject the application. this was the second day of the student in the university.Now, Who will provide justice to the student?why other students who attacked, were not punished?On what bases university administration reject his application of relaxation from attending daily classes?these are the questionsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement010203040506070809We need serious and public conversations about how Pakistan will cope with climate change in the future.AdvertisementWe need serious and public conversations about how Pakistan will cope with climate change in the future.Pakistan’s total external debt and liabilities have already surged to 39.7pc of the GDP or $130.2bn.THE ECP’s reasoning for postponing by-elections just days before the first few seats were to be contested has not...DESPITE their victory over the same opposition just days earlier, Sri Lanka still went into the Asia Cup final...There are many precedents for the ‘minus-one formula’ and ‘technical knockout’ in Pakistan’s political history.SOCIAL hyperpolarisation, gradually becoming apparent not just in developing democracies but also in the more ...AFTER over six years since the project was launched, Karachi got its second multicoloured bus rapid transit line to...Advertisement

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKOHAT: The students of the Kohat University of Science and Technology here on Wednesday attempted to lynch a fellow student for allegedly posting blasphemous comments on Facebook last month.The students were enraged after they found the accused in the classroom in violation of an agreement reached with the administration that he would be expelled from the university.The students got hold of the accused and started thrashing and kicking him, leaving him injured.However, vice chancellor Dr Tasleem Hussain got him freed from the students and...

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