KARACHI, March 13: Five students and two personnel of law-enforcement agencies were injured during a clash between two rival student groups in the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) on Tuesday, officials said.

They said that the clash also led to the postponement of a scheduled paper in Fuuast.

Using stones and iron rods, workers of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) and Pukhtoon Students  Fedration (PSF) clashed with each other on the campus, said Aziz Bhatti SHO Inspector Kenson Din.

The official said that the clash started over some petty issue.

According to him, the police fired into the air and resorted to teargas shelling to disperse the warring activists, who later converged on main University Road, causing disturbance to vehicular traffic.

“During the clash, Police Constable Muhammad Asghar and a Rangers official were also injured, as both sides started hurling stones at us after we intervened,” said Inspector Din.

“Neither has any arrest been made nor an FIR of the incident lodged.

“We are collecting information about the IJT and PSF activists involved in the clash before moving forward.”

It was the fourth case of lawlessness on campuses across the city in less than a week with previous three clashes taking place in Karachi University.