Court allows BZU to reopen campus in Lahore

LAHORE

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday provisionally allowed reopening of Bahauddin Zakaria University (BZU) sub-campus in Lahore, however, barred its administration from doing new admissions. 

A full bench led by Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi took up the petitions filed by several students against non-issuance of degrees. 

The bench also directed university CEO Munir Bhatt to appear personally before the court on the next hearing and submit an affidavit. 

During the course of hearing, Bahauddin Zakaria University vice chancellors turned up before the court and submitted the record of the students. 

The officials of the Higher Education Commission and High Education Department told the bench that the administration of the sub-campus was willing to offer its campus for the classes of the students.

Earlier, the students through their counsels showed their unwillingness to go to Multan for classes.

At this, the court observed that it would protect the rights of the students and their future.

A law officer informed the bench that Bahauddin Zakaria University syndicate had suspended the notification of sub-campus and it did not ban it permanently.

On it, the bench ordered reopening of the campus for those students who were already been studying there and stopped the administration from further admissions. The court adjourned hearing till April 6.