KARACHI, March 29: Academic and non-academic activities were suspended in the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology on Thursday following maltreatment of staff by three students belonging to a regional students organisation.

The teaching and non-teaching staff said, a lab assistant asked a student appearing in the practical examination in the chemistry lab to show his identity card. The student along with two colleagues forcibly entered the laboratory and maltreated the staff.

A few women teachers who were present tried to pacify the angry students. The students became even more violent and threatened to kidnap them and burn them with acid. The teachers fled scene. Earlier, the chairman, business administration was mistreated by members of the same students’ organisation.

The non-teaching and teaching staff of Fuuast strongly condemned the incident and said such incidents had become a routine.

They demanded that the authorities rusticate the students responsible for maltreating teaching and non-teaching staff. They warned that until action was taken, academic and non-academic activities would remain suspended.