Eight-year-old case: AKU fights student who brought drugs on campus

A student had died eight years ago because of excessive consumption of narcotics.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notice to an MBBS student who was accused of bringing narcotics to Aga Khan University, leading to the death of another student nearly eight years ago.

A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam, was hearing an appeal filed by the Aga Khan University management on Thursday.

The university had thrown out eight students after the death of student Asad Aftab from the excessive consumption of narcotics. The drugs were brought to campus by the eight students in 2004. AKU also decided that it would not award them degrees.

Subsequently, one of the students, ‘K’, who played a main part in the episode, filed a lawsuit. A single bench of the SHC ordered the university to allow him continue his education.

AKU’s lawyer advocate Makhdoom Ali Khan submitted that the order passed by the single bench should be suspended given the facts and circumstances.

However, K’s lawyer advocate Adnan Chaudhry argued that if the order was suspended, this would affect K’s right to acquire an education and pursue higher studies. He informed the court that he should have been given his degree as far back as 2009.

After the initial hearing, the SHC division bench issued notice to K for a date to be fixed by the office of the court.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 5^th, 2012.