Students' brawl at PU: no one will be allowed to ruin educational environment: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Law and Order, here on Wednesday in which overall situation of law and order in the province as well as the incident that occurred in Punjab University was reviewed in detail. Provincial Higher Education Minister and Acting Vice Chancellor of Punjab University briefed the meeting about the incident.
Addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister said that educational activities should continue in a peaceful environment and legal action should be initiated against the elements responsible for students' brawl. He made it clear that nobody is allowed to ruin the educational environment of a prestigious institution of higher education adding that rule of law will be ensured at every cost. He said that indiscriminate action be initiated against the elements responsible for disturbing the educational process of the university and directed that effective measures should be adopted to curb occurrence of such incidents in future.
In this regard, transparent composite strategy should be devised. He said that indiscriminate action is essential against the persons tarnishing the university image so that students could continue their education in a congenial environment. It is the responsibility of the concerned department and university administration to implement the decisions made in the past.
In future, work should be done proactively with regard to implementation on such decisions, he added. Various proposals were reviewed to continue the educational process in the Punjab University in a peaceful manner. Provincial Ministers Rana Sanaullah, Ayub Gadhi, Raza Ali Gillani, Jehangir Khanzada, Advisor Rana Maqbool Ahmad, ACS (Home), IG Police and others attended the meeting.
Earlier, Academic and research activities at Punjab University resumed as per routine. The academic departments of the university witnessed calm and attendance of students remained as usual. The classes at all the departments were held as per schedule including College of Electrical Engineering's classes as the administration had vowed not to compromise over academic loss of the students.
In a press statement, PU spokesman said that PU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Zakria Zakir has taken a firm decision to ensure peace on campus at all cost and the administration was ready to take any hard decision in this regard without taking care of any pressure from any group. He said that the university would take disciplinary action against more students across the board who would be found involved in the incident during investigations.