The Punjab government has suspended Saqib Sohail, a professor at King Edward Medical University (KEMU), Lahore, for allegedly torturing his students, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
The professor has been asked to report to the Punjab health department while further investigation is underway.
The students had accused the professor of beating them up and shouting abuses at them.
King Edward Medical College was established in 1860 as the Lahore Medical College. It is the fifth oldest medical school in South Asia, after Medical College Kolkata (January 28, 1835), Madras Medical College, Chennai (February 2, 1835), Grant Medical College, Bombay (1845), and Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra (1854).
The first academic building was completed in 1883. On 21 December 1911, Lahore Medical College was renamed King Edward Medical College in honour of the late King and Emperor and was elevated to the status of an independent, degree-granting university on 12 May 2005, when it became King Edward Medical University.
Reporter: Rana Faran Yamin