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Student activist shot dead on PU campus
[Dawn] A Punjab University Islami Jamait Tulaba office-bearer and law student was rubbed out and another student injured outside Hostel No 16 of the varsity's New Campus on Sunday.Police said the suspects who shot Awais Aqeel, who was central area nazim ...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council... of IJT, were former students of the varsity and ex-members of the IJT. Apparently, an internal rift led to the killing, they added. The indiscriminate firing, which put a question mark on security arrangements made by the varsity administration, triggered panic among students and shopkeepers who saved their lives by taking cover or running away from the scene. The victim had been taken into custody along with others by Multan police after a clash broke out between PSF and IJT chapters of Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan, over a week ago. Quoting witnesses, DIG (Operation) Rai Muhammad Tahir told Dawn that Awais, who was an LLB student at varsity's Law College, was sitting at the canteen adjacent to Hostel No 16 when eight assailants riding bikes opened fire on him. The suspects expeditiously departed at a goodly pace immediately after shooting Aqeel. He said Awais, a resident of Sumbrial, Sialkot, and his friend Ejaz Butt, who is a student of Hailey College and was also injured, were transported to the Jinnah Hospital where the former succumbed to his wounds. A police investigator said some witnesses identified two of the assailants as Ibrar Watto and Imran Tarar who were likely to be nominated in the FIR. He said Ibrar and Imran were also former students of PU and remained office-bearers of PU's IJT chapter. Ibrar was also wanted in some other cases. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-15 |
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