KP universities shut to press govt over VCs release

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KP universities shut to press govt over VCs release

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10 November,2010 07:10 pm

All universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa were shut down for 3rd consecutive day as demonstrations continued to press the government for the recovery of abducted Islamia College University Vice-Chancellor Ajmal Khan. Faculty members and students of various universities boycotted classes and took to streets on Monday, wearing black bands and called for Khans recovery. Earlier, the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) announced an indefinite strike in universities across the province against the non-recovery of the Vice-Chancellor and his driver. The decision was taken after an emergency meeting of the association was convened following the surfacing of a video footage of Khan, wherein he requested the teachers and students to influence the government for the acceptance of his captors demands. Khan was kidnapped on September 7 by members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) when he was going to his office from his residence.