Treason cases against Kashmiri students regrettable: FO, come study in Pak: Hafiz Saeed
An Indian university had expelled 67 Kashmiri students over cherishing Pak cricket win against India
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Spokesperson Foreign Office Tasneem Aslam said on Thursday that treason charges put forward by Indian administration against Kashmiri students for celebrating Pakistan’s cricket win are regrettable, adding that Pakistan’s hearts and universities are open for Kashmiri students if they want to continue their studies in Pakistan, Dunya News reported.
Speaking on the matter, Hafiz Saeed, patron of Jamaat ud Dawa – who tops India’s most wanted terrorists list but is a free man in Pakistan – said India has always opposed Pakistan, adding that torturing Kashmiri students is painful.
He said the doors of Pakistani universities are open for Kashmiri students and that they will be welcomed with open arms and be provided with complete support. Saeed vowed to continue supporting Kashmiris.
Speaking on the Islamabad court attack, foreign office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said that the statement associated to Prime Minister pertaining to involvement of Indian intelligence agency RAW is false.
She further said that she is unaware about US foreign minister’s Pakistan visit.
Earlier, Indian authorities reportedly decided to prosecute Kashmiri students who cherished Pakistan’s cricket victory against India under treason charges.
Kashmiri Students kicked out
A university in Uttar Pradesh expelled as many as 67 Kashmiri students (130 according to some reports) for celebrating Pakistan s victory against India in a thrilling Asia Cup cricket match between the archrivals on Sunday, prompting the management to take ‘action’.
The university initially decided to suspend only the offending students but following a ‘three-tier’ inquiry, it was decided to suspend as many as 67 students because they didn’t reveal the names of the few offenders.
The university rejected the reports of violent clashes between locals and Kashmiris and claimed that the students were dropped at railway station under strict security.
The university is called Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU) and its vice chancellor Dr Manzoor Ahmad was quoted by an Indian paper saying "he was taken aback by such an unacceptable gesture of a few students".
He went on to say the university cannot accept such behaviour from any student in the university.
The match was being screened at one of university’s hostels where both local and Kashmiri students were watching the nemesis gig. The site became troubled when a few Kashmiris reportedly clapped every time a wicket of Indian player would fall.
According to Manzoor Ahmad, he was told that students later cherished Pakistan’s victory and even shouted Pakistan Zindabad.
The students were suspended for not apologizing, the VC claimed.
Hundreds of male and female students from Indian occupied Kashmir are enrolled at the university in various courses.
The matter is reportedly being probed by additional city magistrate upon recommendation from district magistrate and that the findings will come in a few weeks.
Parents of the suspended students told the media that many students were attacked and manhandled by the locals. Kashmiri students even reported vandalism in their hostel wards.
