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Lahore police detain dozens of UCP students. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
Police in Punjab has registered a first information report (FIR) against University of Central Punjab (UCP) students a day after dozens of students were baton-charged and detained.
The students were protesting against the university s decision to conduct on-campus exams. Students were staging protests outside the campus for two days in favour of online exams, saying that their classes were also held online as the educational institutions remained closed due to coronavirus pandemic throughout the year.
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Lahore police detain dozens of UCP students. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
Police in Lahore baton-charged and detained dozens of students in a bid to disperse them from outside the University of Central Punjab (UCP), where they were protesting against the latter’s decision to conduct on-campus exams.
Students have been staging protests outside the campus for the last two days in favour of online exams, saying that their classes were also held online as the educational institutions remained closed due to coronavirus pandemic throughout the year.