March 29, 2024 15:07 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi to kickstart BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign from Meerut | Kangana Ranaut in Mandi: 'Don't think I am a heroine, consider me as your sister and daughter' | Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav demand high-level probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death | PM Modi has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge | Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest at 63

Pakistan university shut following security threats

India Blooms News Service | | 21 Dec 2014, 05:07 pm
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IBNS): A Pakistani university has been shut down following for an indefinite period after it faced threats, media reports said on Sunday.

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) is located in Islamabad.

Public sector universities in Islamabad have announced an unusual one week break from Dec 22.

"The universities are International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Bahria University and National University of Modern Languages (Numl)," Dawn News reported.

QAU, with no boundary wall and a vast open area, could be a soft target of terrorists, sources quoted intelligence agencies officials as saying by Dawn News.

“The security agencies have shown their concern over the security of the university so we decided to close it for an indefinite period,” said a senior faculty member of the QAU, wishing not to be named. to the newspaper.

Last Tuesday, a deadly attack at a school in Peshawar city by Taliban militants killed 141 people including 132 students.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.