[DAWN] At least five people were maimed as students from the Islami Jamaat Taleba (IJT) allegedly gatecrashed a Pakhtun cultural event being held at Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
University (PU), Lahore, police sources said.
IJT members allegedly tried to halt the proceedings, which resulted in a clash between students at the university, DawnNews reported.
Following the clash, police reached the campus and used tear gas to disperse the violent crowd.
The five injured have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital, police sources added.
"The cultural show was being held with the PU administration's permission, but IJT had issues with the activity being held so they tried to halt the proceedings," PML-N stalwart Rana Sanaullah told DawnNews
"Measures are being taken to make sure that the students involved in the disruption are held accountable," Sanaullah said.
"[Jamaat-e-Islami
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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leader] Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
talks about fighting terrorism, the National Action Plan and building a positive narrative on one hand, but his own people are involved in creating such disruptions on the other," the provincial politician said.
Sanaullah further said the police had been asked to inquire from the PU administration about the people involved and file a case against those involved in violence.
'Will not tolerate attacks at unarmed students'
Nationalist and religious political parties termed the Punjab government equally responsible for the altercation at the university.
The Awami National Party
founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism....
’s Zmarak Khan Achakzai announced the launch of a protest movement.
"The Punjab government gave a free hand to the gunnies of a religious party," said Achakzai. He added that no negotiations would take place until the enrolment of students involved in the attack is revoked.
"We will not tolerate attacks on unarmed students," said Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...the political wing of the Pak Taliban...
-Fazl’s Amir Zaman.
He added that his party would support every protest against the 'attack on Pakhtun students'.
Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
National Party’s Majeed Kakar referred to the incident as an "act of terror".
History of intimidation
The IJT is a right-wing student body that often operates in university campuses across the country as the de facto moral police. IJT members have in the past objected to Valentine's Day celebrations and the playing of music at certain cultural events.
University administration officials have also complained to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
about the "Jamaat's negative activities on the university campus".
In February, as many as 15 students were maimed in a clash between two organizations at a Punjab University hostel on the playing of loud music at hostel no 4.
Pushtoon and Baloch Educational Development Movement’s Imran Kakar said some students were playing music in their room when a group of IJT activists reached there.
He said the IJT activists torched the room, while those who were playing music moved away after the incident.