Dozens of activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) critically injured a senior professor of the Punjab University, ransacked his office, damaged vehicles outside his office and also attacked the Vice Chancellor (VC) Office and the VC House at varsity’s New Campus on Thursday.
The varsity officials said the violent reaction was the result of expulsion of some students belonging to the IJT. They said around five IJT activists, whose cases were processed by the varsity’s Disciplinary Committee, were issued expulsion notifications on Thursday, which aggravated the situation.
The officials further alleged that dozens of Jamiat activists attacked the office of the PU College of Earth & Environmental Sciences (CEES) Prof Dr Iftikhar Hussain Baloch, who was also Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, with sticks and rods at around 3:30 pm. They added some activists then moved to the VC Office and his residence and caused damage to the properties.
They further said since the Jamiat activists were more in number, the university guards failed to resist and stop them. PU Resident Officer (RO) Prof Shahid Mahmood Gul and Chairman Hall Council Prof Dr Muhammad Akhtar said Dr Baloch had received severe head injuries and fell unconscious for quite some time, adding he was taken to Jinnah Hospital but was referred to the Services Hospital.
They said Dr Iftikhar Baloch was the main target of the IJT activists as he was heading the Disciplinary Committee which had recently expelled some of their colleagues after through investigations including opportunity of personal hearing.
The IJT, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), had earlier blocked the main Canal Road as a protest against the expulsion of their colleagues. However, after police intervention, they left the scene and entered the university premises.
Meanwhile, addressing an emergent press conference at the PU Executive Club, VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, who was flanked by other officials said Jamiat activists were involved in the incident, adding it was the darkest day in the history of the Punjab University. They strongly condemned the incident
PU Chapter IJT Nazim Hasaan Bin Salman, who is the son of noted JI leader Hafiz Salman Butt, said those involved in the incident were not members of the Jamiat, adding it was unfortunate that the varsity administration was implicating the IJT. “In fact, I myself went to disperse the students who were earlier protesting by blocking the main Canal Road,” he claimed adding “The Jamiat strongly condemns the incident.”
Meanwhile, an IJT press statement also denied involvement of its activists in the incident. PU Chapter Jamiat’s secretary information Hanan Nafees alleged in the statement that the PU administration was levelling baseless allegations against the student organisation. “Each year before the book fair, the PU admin accuses the Jamiat to damage the academic activity organized by Jamiat,” it concluded.
Meanwhile, Insaf Students Federation (ISF), the student wing of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), has condemned the IJT attack alleging the so-called student organization, Jamiat, was a terrorist organisation. ISF Lahore general secretary Farrukh Habib and PU chapter president Kamil Hameed said many FIRs had been registered against the Jamiat activists but no action had been taken.
Raza M.Qureshi April 2, 2010 at 2:44 am
These religious political parties who supports the students must be stopped.Pak is an Islamic country, but all its activities are non muslims. They are responsible for all this terrorism in the country.All these students who belongs and support these religious parties must be expelled from the Institutions.They exposed themselves to be muslims but they are worst then non muslims.These religious parties are greedy of power and wealth. One can buy any Moulvi or Moulana just offering small plate of “HALWA”. They don’t have any character nor any “ZAMEER”. They are real trouble maker for this nation. In my opinion all such moulvees who take part in politics should be hanged, only those should be exempted who are deputed in mosques.
Ahmad April 2, 2010 at 4:51 am
Personally, I condem in strongest words; this brutal and inhuman voilence over a respectable Professor, a mentor and the society most respectable dignity.This should not be the tradition of our academic institutions; where a Professor is being punished for dipersing a right judgement.
I have been through the Peshawar university life for six years, these Jamiat students, but rather I would call them as terrorists are so non-sense, immoral and wild ones, that their agenda has always been to implement their own decisions, keep their doctrine and a false propaganda of propagating islamic values in the academic institutions.Where, more than dozes of such students were known to me, who were even not praying regularly or keeping fast and in campus life were trying to force others to do! Is this Islam? Please dont mask the true face of Islam!
Regarding the current incident, I would suggest that the involved students should be expelled from the university in the first stance and then should be bring all of them in anti terrorist court, so that an examplory punishment be given to them.
Farzan Munawar April 2, 2010 at 5:34 am
They should all be beheaded for committing such a violent crime against an honorable professor who has devoted all his life for fighting and resisting the corrupt student organizations. They must be expelled from the University of the Punjab and should be banned from attending any other school in the country.
Khan April 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm
I understand the stance all people took here, but I must say to make it clear a little bit further. I know this professor personally, he is rapist and you can check his office there is a bed even now? which University allows sleeping in the office? But, on the other side, IJT is the worst organisation I’ve ever seen. They took the violent path to get their right. It should be moderated at least if not banned fully. They are munafiqeen, in my opinion because they say, what they nevr do, and they do, what they never say. So, whatever has happened was not good in terms of the loss to the University, but the beating of a corrupt, womanizer is good in my opinion. He is just saying all about IJT because they keep an eye on his illegal activities in his office. And to get the sympathies of public, he exaggerated about this incident alot because the PM is his friend as well. All politics in the institutions is the problem here. He shouldn’t be a teacher though. He is the principal of College of Earth and Environmental Science and to be honest, I am 100% sure he can never tell you the definition of even Environment. The accountability should be on true levels and on the ground reality.
Hope my country will be clear from these kind of worst inside enemies, by the grace of God soon. Amin!
Sajid Mukhtar April 2, 2010 at 8:30 pm
IJT is a asshole organization headed by asshole people with beards.
Sajid Mukhtar April 2, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Punjab police should do CHETROAL on these IJT leaders on the mall road.
K khan April 3, 2010 at 4:08 am
the violent and indisciplined students belonging to any organization do not deserve any sympathy
Fafad Khan April 3, 2010 at 11:35 am
The IJT activists are really involved in putting the Prpfessor to hospital and they are also invoved in tourching the innocent students, but they are dening. Can they take oath by taking their parents under consderation, and oath in ‘Masjid’ of their innocent?
They are really the Talban of PU.
Majid April 4, 2010 at 9:55 am
Bhai logo thanda karke kaho,, All that looks apparently is not always which is reality. One of the reality is that all this in PU is happening due to VC who is has ‘ent kutte ka vair’ with jamiat and do not alow any chance to bad naming this jamiat. The character of Professor baloch is you know from the commets above but the character of VC is also not much different from this professor and these are black sheep in the group of honorable teachers as there are black sheeps every where. Vc also also has been involved with may of his female students and he made his second marriage with one of his students after a long relations with her. You all tell me what is solution of this type of people? I agree that this is not the duty of jamit to do all this but government herself. Bu you all know government hands are also not neat an clean an many of minister are involved in many scandals. So this a great chain of disobedience and result of this all is frustration which come in the form of incident took place with Prof. Baloch. He only expelled the 6 students to make happy to the VC and weaken the jamiat role in the university. That is why Nazim.e. jamiat has requested judicial inquiry of all the incident without any fear. However I will condemn which all this happen and the issue must have been solved in a legal way.
Sajid Mukhtar April 4, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Bhai Shaib we are also very well aware of IJT character. IJT is a terroist orgainzation. Also who the the hell is IJT to take justice in their hands. I believe they are part of Taliban culture and should be rooted out like Taliban.
Sajid Mukhtar April 4, 2010 at 6:16 pm
IJT JI = Taliban
sohail April 4, 2010 at 6:27 pm
fantastic decision to round up all IJT terrroists…… Betullah-Mehsud was from IJT and God knows how many more of these “badmash and ghunday” from IJT will reach to Mehsud’s rank.
Qazi Husssaina JI and IJT is always involved in anti-Pakistan actvities, Munwar Hussain look at hin.. when ever I see him it tells me that “Dajjal” must look like him and will take inspiration from him..
Appeal to govt that round-up all JI and IJT garbage and clean-up all institutions of Pakistan from these Ghadar-e-Watan who produced Terrorist like Baitullah Mehsud… and f**K all these TV Anchors who props them in thier shows
Itikhar baloch April 5, 2010 at 6:48 am
Professor Baloch always takes interest in females. In Department, there is no permanent faculty male teacher for environmental sciences but there are 7-8 female teachers. The library head is female. Clerk Adminstration is female. Student advisor is female. Laboratory head is female. Computer lab incharge is female. there is no supervisory in any matter for male. you can check it by going to department.
Marwan April 5, 2010 at 8:05 pm
JI & IJT are comprised of mostly of sodomites, can one refute?
Nasim April 6, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Allah Pakistan ki hifazat karay aur logon ko right path dikhayey (Aameen)
shahzad April 12, 2010 at 5:52 am
hi all
I am really confused now. I know about IJT badmashi and hypocricy. They are the mose corrupt ppl and preaching others. I came to know about Iftikhar Baloch from many blogs. Now who to blame. IJT is no one to do justice but what about that professor? Who will be doing his accountability?
I feel like weeping, what the hell have we done with our country!
May Allah show us the right path!!!
Pakistan, painda bad
sara ali April 12, 2010 at 4:22 pm
vice chancellor of punjab university is directly involved in this issue because of his support during the last two years to IJT this unfortunate incident happened had he been more free from his illicit relationship with shazia he would have done something about these culprits. He was constantly black mailed by them due to which they knew they could do anything and he would not react.
Qasim April 16, 2010 at 9:55 am
IJT ki ma ko chodooooo
Hammad April 19, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Assalam-O-Alikum
My dear brothers and sisters. I had done my master from Punjab University and I know from my experience that IJT is without any doubt a pure political and criminal organization. They have noting to do with Islam or Islamic values. Even if they do well it’s for the purpose of their own benefit. Any good deed with wrong intention can never bear fruit. Even if they occasionally do good doesn’t justify anything.
However the point I want to raise here is I’ve seen many brothers/sisters saying those beards or Molvii or Mulanas etc etc are terrorists and etc etc. When ever you criticize any one criticize his actions but not his appearance except when his actions are directly responsible for his appearance or vice versa. Condemning some one with beard or Molvies or Mulanas is a more bad sin then perhaps what JIT did. They are criminals but it has noting to do with beard. Remember when you say like that you are indirectly condemning every beard person and also Sunnat-e-Nabvii. Not only that but every single Prophet had a beard. So please please don’t label them as Molvies. Only because terrorists have started to wear beard dosen’t make every beard person a terrorist nor does that make them (IJT guys) a molvee. Also molvi means “Mola wala” an Allah’s person. Please choose your words carefully or your all deeds my go in vain for insulting a Sunnah.
You may take the analogy from when you make a mistake in Sura-e-Fatiha and you have to say your Kalma again. Even if you didn’t had any intension but still you have to say your Kalma again. Insulting a Sunnah is equally a great sin even if you don’t mean it. Peoples usually say that we mean molvii by the corrupt one. It doesn’t justify please be very very careful with that.
Don’t get me wrong I totally hate JIT and during out time in University we stood against them and literally had fights with them.
Wassalam
DARTS April 21, 2010 at 10:21 pm
An extremist and notorious religious group with lethal weapons, “Jamat Islami”, they also claim to be a political party but they never came in to the country to involve themselves in the political process but only to create disturbances for the democratic Government and education institutions. They are actually exploiting religion. At present their only agenda is to attack the USA’s presence in Pakistan and to pressurize the Government to ask the USA not to interfere in Pakistan and to leave this country right away. On 23 October 2009 they called for a public referendum about USA policies and activities in Pakistan. The public almost rejected Jamat Islami referendum, and asked them that first they tell about their contribution in Pakistan’s development. In this regard I, through the U.S. – PAK Smart program and Dialogue Action Research Training School (DARTS), took the initiative and arranged some public meetings in which I explained and opposed the referendum. When we face problems we first of all approach the USA, and because of USA presence in this region, we feel strength and support; otherwise there are a lot of forces who are not in favor of Pakistan.
Amanullah Kariapper April 22, 2010 at 10:47 am
Dear Readers,
Young Professionals of Lahore (YPL) and FASTRising.org are organising a protest against these criminal attacks by the Islami Jamiat-e-Tulaba (IJT) against students and faculty at Punjab University.
We believe that these attacks constitute a direct attack on the academic freedom that a university needs to provide in order to foster the spirit of inquiry (tajassus), deep reflection (fikr) and bold experimentation (tajruba) that were Islam’s gift to Western civilisation. These qualities are as essential today as seven hundred years ago and need to be revived in order to affect our cultural revival, in order to rescue Punjab University from the academic level of a high school.
When: 5:30 – 6:30 PM, Sunday, 25th April, 2010
Where: PU New Campus bridge
Please bring placards and banners.
More importantly, bring anyone who feels that s.he has a stake in saving our future.
Aman
P.S. The event details have also been copied to an event on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115601451801625) where relevant material has been posted.
A good set of interviews on “Live with Tallat”: http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=8368
dr zahid pervez April 23, 2010 at 10:51 am
u just cant deny jamiat s services to students since its arrival in institutions just for few such incidents.they stopped ragging,first year fooling,started book fairs.started loans to poor students,stopped many immoral activities…i hv bn a dow medical krchi student in 1984 to 1990 period..their struggle against zia matial law was in comparable…and who is going to check those professors who are really corrupt financially.morally and politically…there are always exceptions and jamiat as an organisation cant be blamed for that…
ABC May 4, 2010 at 7:32 am
Puray mulk ka hi bera gharq ho raha ha ab nayey issues ko discuss karo.
Raza M.Qureshi May 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
These religious extremists are the production of these religious parties who have been converted in to politics.These moulvees & moulanas realised that they can’t become wealthy on religious platform, so they moved to religious political parties. How much these religious parties making damage to Pakistan,is uncountless. The biggest example is recent incident happened in New york, in which some religious extremist involved, but these moulvees always put blame on USA or Europe. These are the relgious extremists political parties who preeches them negatively and the whole muslim community suffer. For GOD sake stop these religious extremist devils, they should not give negative lessons about Islam to these extremist terrorist, who are the cause of defaming Islam. These extremist Mullahs & Moulanas sitting in their “HUJRAS” are not helping Islam, but they are creating problems to all the Muslims in the whole world. They can’t dare to go out from their Hujras, or to go abroad, because they are black listed, they can’t get any visa for any country in the world, but they creating problems for the Muslims living in the whole world, specially in USA/Canada and Europe.
Shoaib Ansari May 5, 2010 at 6:52 pm
if any person have any doubt about IJT that they told about Prof. Iftikhar Baloch to others, they can see the beds on his office for his “AYAAshi”. what is the way of studying and managing the Department , and further you can see the details about Prof. Iftikhar Baloch on The news “UMMAT” of 9th of the April.
and U can see the details of Corruption about VC Mujahid Kamran, on this site(mujahidkamran.blogspot.com).
Professor Baloch always takes interest in females. In Department, there is no permanent faculty male teacher for environmental sciences but there are 7-8 female teachers. The library head is female. Clerk Adminstration is female. Student advisor is female. Laboratory head is female. Computer lab incharge is female. there is no supervisory in any matter for male. you can check it by going to department.