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LUMS professors, students charged under MPO

LAHORE: The government on Tuesday registered FIRs against four professors and two students of the prestigious LUMS. The students and professors were charged under MPO 16 (Maintenance of Public Order). The professors charged are Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Dr Farhat Haq, Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Dept of Social Sciences), and Osama Siddique (Dept of Law and Policy); the students charged are Saad and Umer. The FIR notice was delivered to the six charged, and instructed them to appear before the Defence police station house officer by Dec 6 at the latest, or face “unilateral” and “stern action”. LUMS students have been protesting against the government and have led the way in on-campus demonstrations following the imposition of emergency rule on Nov 3 and the dismissal of the Supreme Court led by former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Sources at the university, speaking to Daily Times, said that the professors and students had been charged because they exercised freedom of speech and openly criticised the government on the issue of emergency and the independence of the media and judiciary. The faculty has been promoting a culture of freedom and the vision for Pakistan being cultivated at the university does not agree with the stance of the government. staff report

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