SAHIWALTheIttehad-i-Asatiza Pakistan (IAP)condemned on Thursday the alleged assault on a faculty member of the Government Graduate College, Bahawalnagar, who is hospitalised for treatment of his injuries.

IAP Bahawalpur Division President Khalil Paroya told Dawn that Prof Mehboob Hussain Shahis running for the office of secretary general in the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) elections scheduled for Nov 12.

He alleged that Prof Shah was attacked, forcibly removed from his car and publicly humiliated by Prof Abdul Rehman Shariq, a member of Tehreek-i-Asatiza Punjab, shortly after returning from Chishtian, where he had been campaigning for the upcoming PPLA polls.

Prof Shah was injured in the attack and was admitted to the Bahawalnagar District Headquarters Hospital.

He condemned violence and intimidation during the ongoing election campaign.

IAP President Prof Muhammad Shafiq alsocondemned the incident and urged the Punjab chief ministerto order an inquiry into it and registration of an FIR to bring the attackers to justice.

He said an application for registration of FIR has been submitted to the district police officer.

Published in Dawn, November 6th, 2026