LAHORE, Oct 29: Those who have registered an anti-terrorism case against nine Government College University students will have to face action if a high-level committee, formed by the chief minister to scrutinise false cases lodged in the province, found the charges untrue.

This was stated by a senior member of the committee after its weekly meeting here on Wednesday. The member, a provincial secretary, said requesting anonymity, the committee had already made it clear two months ago that the police officials found implicating people in anti-terrorism cases would face a strict action.

The students had lodged a protest over their expulsion on Tuesday and police had booked them under Section 7 of the Anti-terrorism Act on the complaint of the GCU administration.

The committee is headed by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, and comprises Punjab IG, secretaries of the home and prosecution departments, additional IG investigations and others. It checks anti-terrorism cases every week and seeks explanation from the police officials found wrongly applying the ATA.

At the time of constitution of the committee, there were nearly 600 cases in the anti-terrorist courts but nearly half of them were transferred to ordinary courts after it (the committee) found the wrong application of ATA clauses in them.

“We have checked four cases registered last week. And will definitely peruse the case against the students in our next meeting,” the secretary said.