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Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT) and Pakhtoon Student Federation (PSF) campus violence at Islamia College

Karachi: The police arrested ten members of two student organizations on Wednesday as the Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT) and Pakhtoon Student Federation (PSF) blamed each other for campus violence.

The IJT claimed that the fight took place when they tried to stop PSF students from cheating in the intermediate examinations. "We tried to stop them but they responded with violence and injured three of our activists," the IJT claimed.

The PSF denied the claims and said that their party workers are not involved in any such activity, saying that in fact it was the IJT workers who have been caught using unfair means in the examination centers.

On Wednesday, activists from the two organizations clashed on the streets. They threw stones at passing vehicles and burnt tyres. "They also attacked policemen," informed SHO Fawad Akhwan.

The IJT claimed that the police support the PSF members and therefore arrested only IJT activists. The SHO denied such allegations and said that members of both parties have been arrested and FIR No. 168/08 has been registered on behalf of the government. "They had a fight at the Islamia College and came out on the road to block traffic," the SHO said. Seniors members of both parties are negotiating with the police, the officer added. Daily Times

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