LAHORE: Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba's Punjab University chapter has announced it will organise a 10-day Dawat-e-Quran Muhim (Quran awareness campaign) at the university's campus. An official IJT statement said the 'Quran campaign' would run from August 17 to 27 and invite all students towards learning the Quran. It said inviting people towards the holy book was today's need and IJT's PU representatives would defend Pakistan's ideological and Islamic beliefs against elements targeting them. It added that the West was backing the campaign against madarassas (seminaries) and was also pressing the government in this regard. Perv unhappy with IJT displays at PU
LAHORE: President General Pervez Musharraf has showed his displeasure at the presence of political student group Islami Jamiat Talaba in the Punjab University, which he noticed during his visit to Lahore on August 14. Sources said that the president was displeased to after he saw the clearly visible IJT signboards and hoardings outside the PU campuses. He said that the messages were defying federal government instructions and stopping liberalism in the educational institute. 