ISLAMABAD – A student at Government Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpurkilled English Professor Khalid Hameed for planning a farewell party whichwould have been a mixed gathering of the male and female students of thecollege.
Khateeb Hussain, attacked the professor with a dagger while the latter waspreparing for the party.
Other students jumped in to stop the attacker but they could not save theprofessor, who later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. ProfessorHameed was set to retire in four months.
The police arrested the student and charged him with murder.
According to the police, the student did not have links with any religiousgroup and had cited the professor’s decision for holding the party as themotive for the crime. Police also said that they were investigating thestudent’s past and the reasons behind his mindset.
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Egerton College is one of few institutions in Pakistan with a majorityfemale student population, with 4,000 women attending alongside 2,000 malestudents. Religion and gender are sensitive topics in Pakistan, wherewomen’s rights are often described as un-Islamic by right-wing religiousgroups.
The incident was met with outrage on social media. People condemned theincident and highlighted the rising intolerance in the country.
