Students attempt to forcefully enter Punjab Assembly

Police baton charges students trying to enter Punjab Assembly to protest against privatisation of colleges.

Students belonging to the several colleges in Lahore tried to enter the Punjab Assembly by barging in when they were baton charged by the police.

According to Express 24/7 correspondent Muhammad Rizwan, 300 to 400 students belonging to various colleges earlier blocked Mall Road for a couple of hours to protest against the privatisation of their colleges.

The students wanted to go inside the Punjab Assembly to register their protest, but the police was not letting them enter. However, later the students tried to forcefully enter the premises, which resulted in a clash between them and the security officials.

The assembly was not in session at the time of the incident.