There was tense standoff in the Punjab University last night after the PU Syndicate pledged to prevent all political activities on the campus including an Islami Jamiat Talaba book fair. Police were called in to prevent violence. On Monday, the PU Syndicate, a body representing the faculty, passed a resolution to stop political activity on the campus and empowered the university vice chancellor to allow or disallow such activities in the future. The university said that it would not let the IJT hold a book fair on the campus at any cost. The IJT, which has advertised the fair from May 10 to 12, is infuriated by the decision. It had been expecting a favourable outcome and had distributed memos to faculty members asking them to support the book fair.The IJT leadership held a meeting late night and decided to press on with the book fair. Invitations for the book fair have been distributed in colleges and the press. On the administration's request, police were deployed at New Campus and they closed the main university gates. Senior police officials said that the police has been put on alert in case the IJT responded with violence.