 The second day of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) book fair at the Punjab University attracted hundreds of students and people. The registrar, who had promised on Tuesday not to let the fair continue, was unable to stop the event.
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Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan, PU registrar, and Lt Gen (r) Arshad Mahmood, PU vice chancellor, avoided comment on Wednesday. "I left the office early, so I am unable to say anything about the issue," Khan told Daily Times on Wednesday.
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A number of Jamaat-e-Islami and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leaders, including Liaqat Baloch and Hafiz Idrees, visited the fair and spoke to the students. The book fair will conclude on Thursday, and not Friday, as the IJT planned earlier. Zubair Ahmed Gondal, IJT central nazim, said that "certain elements" were trying to separate the Islamic and Pakistani ideologies from the education system, but this would not be allowed to happen. |