| Oooh... Gee... Golly... Gosh... The answer's right on the tip of my tongue... |
 WHO were the dozen or so men who beat up a Punjab University student last week? The PU authorities have been unable to resolve this question. It was reported in the press that activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, beat up the student for speaking against the organisation.
| They mean a roving band of fascisti grabbed the kid and beat him to within an inch of his life for not keeping his mouth shut... |
The incident occurred when the first semester exams of the Institute of Administrative Sciences and Human Resource Development were being held. According to PU students, the student reportedly asked if it was true that the PU had banned co-ed student trips because of pressure from the IJT, and condemned the decision. Later, IJT activists called him outside the classroom, dragged him to a spot near the canteen and beat him up. Some of the alleged attackers were not even students of that department.
| Sometimes you have to call in a specialist... |
The director of the institute, Professor Dr Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, said a âdisciplinary committeeâ of the department had met thrice last week, but with no results. âNobody knows who were the people that beat up our departmentâs student.â
| There are two L's in "pusillanimous," right?... Just checking the spelling... |
He said the victim would identify the culprits if they were in front of him.
| ... but that they won't be... |
However, he added, nobody had any proof that those assaulters were from a âspecific organisationâ, he said.
| Doesn't want to have a close encounter with a tire iron, I guess... |
He was almost sure that the attackers were from outside and vowed the university would tighten security to maintain studentsâ freedom.
| "Yeah! That's it! It was probably hobos!" |
He said the PUâs main disciplinary committee could also take up the issue. A report to the chancellor (Punjab governor) and the vice chancellor of the university is to be submitted in a day.
| In triplicate, no doubt... |
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