Update @ 1531: Protests Continue at Punjab University

X-NO Punjab UniversityLahore Metroblogs: Students of University of the Punjab continued protests against IJT’s existence this Monday. This time there were more than 1,500 participants of them who marched within the university premises upto the Vice Chancellor’s office.

Girls and boys were holding banners and playcards with their demands written on them while copies of anti-IJT movement’s objectives were distributed among the students and faculty. The document asked for removal of all political elements from the University’s campus and hostels as well as formation of a neutral students’ body with elected members good in academics as its caretakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZQ2pmchR8

While addressing the student protesters at Institute of Business & Information Technology, the director of IBIT, PU, told students that they had every right of free speech though he emphasized on students to remain focused and urged them not to forget studies as their first priority.


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