{
  "id": 3036644,
  "title": "Protest at Islamabad varsity turns ugly after clash between uniformed individual, students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/protest-at-islamabad-varsity-turns-ugly-after-clash-between-uniformed-3036644",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:48:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024984/protest-at-islamabad-varsity-turns-ugly-after-clash-between-uniformed-individual-students"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At Islamabad’s Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUSIT), a protest turned violent after a clash between a uniformed individual and protesting students, sources indicate. The incident occurred on the university’s Chattha Bakhtawar campus, where students were protesting the dismissal of a senior official and other issues related to the institution. A video circulating on social media captured the altercation, showing a uniformed person approaching a group of what appear to be SUSIT students. The suspect, accompanied by a woman believed to be a university official, struck a student with a stick and engaged in verbal confrontations with the students and gathered protestors.\n\nThe situation escalated, with the crowd surrounding the officer, some individuals reportedly assaulting him. In response, the suspect drew a pistol and pointed it at the crowd before discharging the weapon. The woman accompanying him attempted to intervene but the suspect then aimed the weapon into the air and fired again. Police officers quickly surrounded the suspect and escorted him out of the university. A senior Islamabad police official later appeared in a video addressing the students, assuring them that the suspect would face strict and swift disciplinary action pursuant to the army’s disciplinary procedures. The police have not yet issued an official statement regarding the incident.",
  "summary": "A security official is in custody and facing disciplinary action under military law following reports of a scuffle at Islamabad’s Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUSIT), sources involved in the investigation said late Monday. The individual allegedly discharged a weapon during a scuffle with protestors at the university’s Chattha Bakhtawar campus, where students had been…",
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        "title": "Protest at Islamabad varsity turns ugly after clash between uniformed individual, students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/protest-at-islamabad-varsity-turns-ugly-after-clash-between-uniformed",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:48:32.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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