The boy who killed his teacher in #Bahawalpur says his teacher was a #blasphemer and spoke against #Islam. He says he is happy he killed him.
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Bahawalpur student stabs professor to death over 'anti-Islam' remarks
Dawn, 20 March 2019
Dawn, 20 March 2019
A third-year student at Bahawalpur's Government Sadiq Egerton College on Wednesday allegedly stabbed a professor to death over what he vaguely described as the academic's "anti-Islam" remarks, police sources and persons familiar with the incident said.
Associate professor Khalid Hameed, the head of the English department, was seated inside his office at the college when he was allegedly accosted and attacked with a knife by the student.
According to initial information noted by police at the scene of the crime, Khateeb Hussain, a 5th-semester BS student enrolled in the English department, had exchanged hot words with Prof Hameed at around 8:40am over the arranging of a 'welcome party' at the college.
Associate professor Khalid Hameed, the head of the English department, was seated inside his office at the college when he was allegedly accosted and attacked with a knife by the student.
According to initial information noted by police at the scene of the crime, Khateeb Hussain, a 5th-semester BS student enrolled in the English department, had exchanged hot words with Prof Hameed at around 8:40am over the arranging of a 'welcome party' at the college.
The event, which Hameed was overseeing, was to be held on March 21 to welcome new students to the college, police said.
Police sources told DawnNewsTV that Hussain was averse to the event being organised because he viewed the mingling of male and female pupils at the function as "un-Islamic".
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Police sources told DawnNewsTV that Hussain was averse to the event being organised because he viewed the mingling of male and female pupils at the function as "un-Islamic".
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Prof. Khalid Hameed's murder reminds me of the case of Prof. Brij Narain, who taught economics at Punjab University and was a resident of Lahore at the time of the Partition.
Rather strange that 'Left-leaning' Prof. Brij Narain (who did prodigious amount of research work in 'progressive' economics) is not commemorated by our JNU 'progressives'.
No body seems to talk about Prof. Brij Narain in India!
I had never heard of Prof. Brij Narain until I chanced upon Ishtiaq Ahmed's book on Partition.
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Also reminds me of the following nazm of Jaleel Haidar Lashari of Multan -- especially the last couplet.
कैसीबख़्शिशकायेसामानहुआफिरताहै
शहरसाराहीपरेशानहुआफिरताहै
एकबारूदकीजैकेटऔरनारा-ए-तकबीर
रास्ताख़ुल्दकाआसानहुआफिरताहै
कैसाआशिक़हैतेरेनामपेक़ुर्बांहैमगर
तेरीहरबातसेअनजानहुआफिरताहै
हमकोजकड़ाहैयहाँजब्रकीज़ंजीरोंने
अबतोयेशहरहीज़िन्दानहुआफिरताहै
शबकोशैतानभीमाँगेहैपनाहेंजिससे
सुबहवहीसाहिब-ए-ईमानहुआफिरताहै
जानेकबकौनकिसेमारदेकाफ़िरकहके
शहरकाशहरमुसलमानहुआफिरताहै
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