Quaid-i-Azam University expels 79 students after fights between student groups. The university administration in Islamabad took swift action and expelled students following a fight between two groups on campus.
On Wednesday, the university also revoked the diplomas of these 79 students.
Following an altercation between two ethnic groups last week, the university was closed indefinitely.
According to the university registrar, the students were disciplined for violating rules, interfering with classes, and using force to enforce the law.
Pashtun and Baloch students had clashed on February 27 after heated exchanges over Balochistan insurgency and loud music played in the hostels. The violent clash left over two dozen students injured, including two critically.
The administration, which didn’t act earlier to quell the simmering ethnic tensions, was quick to announce the closure of the university for an indefinite period. It also got the hostels vacated immediately.
Quaid-i-Azam University expels 79 students.
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad founded as the University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of postgraduate education but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an interdisciplinary university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.
