Things were reportedly returning to normal at Karachi University, where students resumed attending classes and routine academic activities after a week.

Teaching activities at the university had been suspended by its management since Friday last after four of its students among seven passengers of a minibus were gunned down near the campus.

The teaching activities were initially suspended for two days but the management found itself helpless when all of its classrooms remained deserted till Wednesday due to a protest and mourning observed by the IJT.

The IJT claimed all the four students were its workers. However, the Imamia Students Organisation said one of them belonged to it.

“Things have normalised. Students have turned up at classes; examinations are being conducted and public dealing has resumed,” said Khalid Mehmood Iraqi, the KU’s students’ adviser and campus security chief.

He said all passes issued to regular visitors (outsiders) had been cancelled for security reasons.

“We have cancelled all the passes and disallowed entry of vehicles into the campus to ensure peace,” he said.

Reports suggest the number of students who visited the KU and attended classes were visibly fewer than the usual and an uneasy calm was clearly noticeable.

“It might take a couple of more days before normality returns to the campus,” said a teacher, who was concerned about some damaged walls of the university, which allowed easy access to outsiders.“There are many katchi abadis around the KU and leaving such portions of the boundary walls broken and unguarded makes all precautionary measures useless,” he said.

“No matter how intensive security measures you make, until the walls are repaired, the danger will remain there,” he said.

Campus residents