November 14, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 8, 1423

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SAHIWAL, Nov 13: Three students of the local Normal School, a sub-institution of the Government Elementary College, were reportedly kidnapped here on Wednesday.

One of the students had a lucky escape as he fell down from a motorcycle while the other two were taken away by kidnappers.

Zaheer (10), Shahzad (7) and Zafar (8) were going to their school when six men riding on motorcycles kidnapped them from Shadman Town. Later, Zafar fell down from one of the motorcycles and was saved. The police sealed the city, but so far the police could not recover the kidnapped students. The incident has created panic among the parents.

Farid Town police have registered a case.

RALLY: Students of the local Government Imamia College, College of Technology and other educational institutions staged a rally against the formation of Boards of Governors in educational institutions.

Led by IJT Nazim Khalid Saifullah, the procession marched through different city bazaars and held a demonstration at Jogi Chowk.

Speaking on the occasion, the IJT Nazim demanded that the government should withdraw its decision.

The rally was also addressed by the office bearers of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association, including Amir Hamza, Prof Muhammad Younas and Prof Qazi Nasir.

City police have registered cases against 16 students for damaging the public property.