July 10, 2008	Thursday	Rajab 6, 1429

FAISALABAD, July 9: Scores of students of the Government College University and Punjab Medical College on Wednesday staged a protest rally and a sit-in in front of the district nazim office against the reinstatement of Ahmedi students and not registering case against them.

Two separate rallies led by Islami Jamiat Tulaba office-bearers started from the GCU and the PMC, respectively and terminated at the Zila Council Chowk. The students who were carrying banners and placards staged an hour-long sit-in in front of district nazim office. They chanted slogans against PMC administration and police for what they called dealing Ahmedi students leniently. They threw traffic out of gear while surrounded by a heavy police contingent.

In their speeches, student leaders said they would not tolerate the reinstatement of Ahmedi students who had been preaching their faith in the academia.

A five-member delegation of students also held talks with the city police officer Mohammad Aslam Tareen and demanded that administration should ask Ahmedi students, who had been migrated to other colleges, to stay away from the PMC premises.

The DIG assured the students that matter was being investigated fairly under his supervision.