In view of the threats being hurled by former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the vice-chancellor, the administration of Gomal University on Friday postponed the MA private examinations that were scheduled to start on September 27, 2022, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

The exams were postponed for an indefinite time period.

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Police stop university staff’s protest against PTI leader

Police in Dera Ismael Khan on Friday barred the professors and staff from protesting outside the Gomal University against the threats allegedly being given by former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the university vice-chancellor (VC), reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

Police forced the protestors to disperse when they were assembling at the GPO Chowk for the purpose after the Friday prayers.  

Former federal minister had allegedly not only threatened the VC but also made some suspicious persons enter the university premises in connivance with the police who later held some violent protest demonstrations against the vice-chancellor, resulting in the closure of the institution for an indefinite time period.   

Gandapur is also accused of orchestrating protests against the VC sometime back at the GPO Chowk. 

PML-N’s Pervaiz Rashid condemns Gandapur’s attitude: 

Meanwhile, senior PML-N leader Pervaiz Rashid condemned the threats allegedly being given by former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the Gomal University vice-chancellor. 

In his statement, he said all such acts aimed at intimidating and dictating educational institutions’ heads should be condemned in strongest possible terms. “The arrest of these persons should be a top priority for the government so that the country’s future could be made secure,” he emphasized.  

PPP raises issue in KP Assembly

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Member Provincial Assembly Ahmad Karim Kundi has submitted a Call Attention Notice in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on the issue of the division of Gomal University and the new Agricultural University.

Reporter: Sajid Baloch