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PESHAWAR, March 6: Speech of a television anchor led to severe firing in the air with automatic weapons and protest demonstration on the premises of the Islamia College University here on Saturday.
At least 12 students were taken into custody by police from campus of the Peshawar University when they tried to create disturbance in a programme where an anchor of a private television channel Zaid Hamid was busy speaking to the students, police and students said.
The students also staged a protest demonstration and tried to chase the speaker but police controlled the situation by arresting the leading protesters. It was learnt that some students had also opened fire in the air but police did not confirm it.
An official of the campus police station told Dawn that a group of students had tried to beat the speaker Zaid Hamid but the personnel took timely action and overcame the situation.
The police source said the programme had been arranged despite the police reports about the possible reaction but the university administration did not pay attention to the reports of security agencies and permitted the programme.
However, a student Tariq Afghan of Pakhtun Students Federation told this correspondent that the students had pelted stones at the car of the TV anchor and chanted slogans against him.
The workers of Islamia College, another source said, had also shouted slogans against Zaid Hamid and condemned the university administration for giving permission to hold the programme. The IJT workers also displayed posters against the speaker.
The students also chanted slogans against NWFP governor and university administration for what they described as an attempt to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of the campus through controversial speakers, the source said.
The Amn Tehrik leaders including Idress Kamal, managed to get the students released and held a demonstration against such speakers.
Mr Kamal told Dawn the Amn Tehrik leaders would hold a press conference on Monday against Zaid Hamid and those who had permitted him to speak in the university.
We have already suffered a lot due to the suicide bombers and militants and do not want those promoting the extremists, he said.
At least 12 students were taken into custody by police from campus of the Peshawar University when they tried to create disturbance in a programme where an anchor of a private television channel Zaid Hamid was busy speaking to the students, police and students said.
The students also staged a protest demonstration and tried to chase the speaker but police controlled the situation by arresting the leading protesters. It was learnt that some students had also opened fire in the air but police did not confirm it.
An official of the campus police station told Dawn that a group of students had tried to beat the speaker Zaid Hamid but the personnel took timely action and overcame the situation.
The police source said the programme had been arranged despite the police reports about the possible reaction but the university administration did not pay attention to the reports of security agencies and permitted the programme.
However, a student Tariq Afghan of Pakhtun Students Federation told this correspondent that the students had pelted stones at the car of the TV anchor and chanted slogans against him.
The workers of Islamia College, another source said, had also shouted slogans against Zaid Hamid and condemned the university administration for giving permission to hold the programme. The IJT workers also displayed posters against the speaker.
The students also chanted slogans against NWFP governor and university administration for what they described as an attempt to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of the campus through controversial speakers, the source said.
The Amn Tehrik leaders including Idress Kamal, managed to get the students released and held a demonstration against such speakers.
Mr Kamal told Dawn the Amn Tehrik leaders would hold a press conference on Monday against Zaid Hamid and those who had permitted him to speak in the university.
We have already suffered a lot due to the suicide bombers and militants and do not want those promoting the extremists, he said.