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Sedition case against Sindh University students

Sentinel Digital Desk

Karachi: The Jamshoro police lodged a sedition case against some students of Sindh University, Jamshoro for allegedly chanting anti-Pakistan slogans and for being involved in wall chalking against the State, Pakistan media reported on Wednesday. Two days ago there were reports that similar charges were laid against several other leaders, including the chairman of Sindhi nationalist organization Jeay Sindh Koumi Mahaj (Bashir Group), who have been booked for rebelling against the country and chanting anti-Pakistan slogans. The case, registered against at least 17 students of the university, was lodged under Section 120-A (definition of criminal conspiracy), 120-B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), 123-A (condemnation of the creation of the State, and advocacy of abolition of its sovereignty), 124 (assaulting president, governor, etc. with intention to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power) and 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of Inspector Ghulam Qadir Panhwar, the security head of the campus, . (IANS)