Students in Pakistan continue protests against alleged Lahore campus rape

Students rally aft a rape is reported connected societal media implicit the weekend.

Students successful the eastbound Pakistani metropolis of Lahore person continued their protests aft reports of a rape connected a assemblage campus.

Tuesday’s demonstrations, including staging an antiharassment rally, came a time aft protests were held connected 2 campuses of the college, which has since been unopen down by the provincial government. At slightest 28 students were injured successful clashes with constabulary connected Monday.

Protests erupted successful Lahore aft reports dispersed online that a pupil was raped by a information defender astatine a Punjab College for Women campus.

The incidental was archetypal shared connected societal media implicit the weekend. Varying accounts authorities that the rape took spot connected Thursday oregon Friday evening successful a field basement.

According to the college, the unfortunate has not been identified due to the fact that nary 1 has travel guardant to lodge a ceremonial complaint, adding that nary incidental has been reported to the constabulary and mendacious accusation has dispersed online.

On Monday, constabulary besides initially dismissed the online reports arsenic “false” but aboriginal said a defender had been accused of a rape, was successful custody and an probe was nether way.

On Tuesday, constabulary again called connected radical with “any accusation regarding the alleged rape” successful Lahore to instantly pass authorities.

A pupil was raped astatine PGC, and these radical are protesting to get justness for her, but alternatively this authorities being led by a “woman” is utilizing unit against them. Guess protesting against rape is simply a transgression excessively now. pic.twitter.com/0zYmAoUx81

— Mahnoor (@_atiredsoul) October 14, 2024

Also connected Tuesday, the manager of the Punjab Group of Colleges, said CCTV footage was checked and determination was nary grounds of the incident.

“We ourselves went to respective constabulary stations, but nary lawsuit was reported,” Agha Tahir Ijaz was quoted arsenic saying by the Dawn newspaper. He added that CCTV footage were shared with the police.

The Progressive Students Collective, the radical that called Tuesday’s protest, demanded the enactment of a committee that includes autarkic quality rights organisations, pupil representatives and judges.

In summation to an probe into the reported rape, they person besides demanded the committee analyse the unit that broke retired during Monday’s rallies and harassment astatine Lahore Women’s College.

Students pledged they would proceed to protestation until information was brought to assemblage campuses.

“Even if it takes a month, we volition proceed to travel here,” said Adeel, an 18-year-old pupil from a adjacent assemblage who joined Monday’s protest. “Shut the field down. Hang that defender here.”

Source

:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies