Over 50 students were detained as the police in Islamabad used force to vacate Quaid-i-Azad University (QAU) hostels on Tuesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel, quoting sources.
The police intervened to end the hostels row between the QAU administration and the students.
On QAU administration’s request, a large number of policemen got vacated all the four hostels and detained over 50 students after they offered resistance.
500 police personnel with 10 mobiles and 5 prison vans came to hostage students form QAU hostels.
— Habib_Wazir (@DunyaSyBezar1) July 29, 2025
They forcefully vacated hostel at mid night
The students were bare feet and stood for the whole night in this summer heat #SaveQAU pic.twitter.com/G5eM9J16QX
The sources further said the policemen later shifted the detained students to a police station.
The QAU administration sought police’s help after their repeated requests to students to vacate the hostels fell on deaf ears.
We condemn the violent police action against QAU students peacefully demanding fair academic and hostel rights. This crackdown is a clear human rights abuse. Speak up, stand with QAU!#saveqau#Pakistan#ARYNewsUrdu #GeoNews pic.twitter.com/3W1r9hv3kW
— Mohammad Hassan (@ishowgigga) July 29, 2025
Reporter Muhammad Idrees