Tag: Karachi University

  • Peoples Resistance meets CM Sindh for Dr. Riaz

    Today afternoon a delegation of the Peoples Resistance visited the Chief Minister house and met the CM Mr. Qaim Ali Shah in a one-on-one meeting to discuss at length the issue of Dr. Riaz Ahmed and his maltreatment at the hand of Rangers on March 31st. This meeting was hurriedly arranged by the members of…

  • Dr. Riaz Update: Judgement reserved till Monday

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network There was a hearing of Riaz’s bail application in High Court on Friday. Typically, such hearings can take upto several months to complete. However, on Friday, the judge (current CJ SHC, Soomro) said he had to “issue an order today”. The lawyer for rangers too insisted that the case…

  • Karachi University Professor granted ‘Bail before Arrest’

    Dr. Riaz Ahmed, the Karachi University professor who was brutally manhandled by the Rangers and then accused of assaulting the armed personnel has just been given Bail before arrest. The issue will now come to a showdown as it is expected that he will formally submit his application for registering an FIR at the Mubina…

  • Court orders Police to Register FIR & Two Rangers posted out

    In an order issued by the Sessions Court the Honorable Judge Abdul Rehman Bhatti has order the Mubina Police Station SHO to register an FIR as furnished by Dr. Riaz Ahmed. It is anticipated that Dr. Riaz will seek bail before arrest tomorrow on the false FIR lodged by the Rangers and then in turn…

  • Dharna at Karachi University on Tuesday 8th April

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network In a meeting of the People’s Resistance today (6th April) at Aurat Foundation it was decided that the members of the civil society seriously condemn the recent incident where the Pakistan Rangers posted at the Karachi University brutality beat up a University Professor on 31st March, leaving him battered…

  • April 06 Update: Attack on Dr Riaz

    Dr. Riaz’s lawyer filed a petition in the session’s court requesting that his client should be allowed to file an FIR against his attackers. The matter is pending before the court and a decision is expected on Monday the 7th of April when the bail hearing of Dr. Riaz will also be conducted. In this…

  • Pressure on Police Station to arrest Dr. Riaz

    Sources close to Dr. Riaz report that there is tremendous pressure being applied on Mubina Police Station to arrest Professor Dr. Riaz today on the FIR # 73/08 [Riaz Ahmed vs Anwar ul Haq] the charges are Pakistan Penal Code 337-4F, 2B-R, 353, 186. The DG Rangers is reported to have said that his jawan…

  • [Pictures] Update on Rangers assault on Karachi University Professor

    It is just being reported that today late at night the rangers have finally been able to registered an FIR against Dr. Riaz for allegedly assaulting a Rangers officer (FIR # 73-08 Riaz Ahmed vs Anwar ul Haq at Mubina Town Police Station). The source is also reporting that just a few hours earlier (11:00pm)…

  • People’s Resistance demands immediate inquiry into Rangers’ maltreatment of Professor

    The People’s Resistance, a coalition of pro-democracy individuals and organisations, strongly condemns and demands immediate inquiry into the manhandling and beating up of Dr Riaz Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Applied Chemistry at Karachi University by Pakistan Rangers. On Monday, March 31, Dr Riaz attempted to drive out of the campus from the Silver Jubilee gate.…

  • Update on the condition of Dr. Riaz – KU Teacher beaten by Rangers

    I have just received an email from the family of Dr. Riaz Prof of Applied Chemistry who was beaten up by Rangers at Karachi University yesterday evening He is better now and we just got back home. He has bruises on his back where the dandas hit him hard. He cant move his left arm…

  • Karachi University teacher severly beaten by Rangers on Campus

    Dr Riaz — a member of International Socialists Pakistan (ISPak) and a professor at the University of Karachi (KU) — was severely beaten up an hour ago by Rangers personnel at KU. There was tension throughout the day at Karachi University and all the gates were locked. The Rangers were seen to be in hiding…