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Police detain, release dozens of students after raiding hostel

RAWALPINDI: Police detained and released dozens of students in a late night raid at a hostel in Rawalpindi.

Rawalpindi’s New Town police conducted at a boys hostel, checked documents of the students and detained dozens of them.

When asked, they told students it was an emergency and some of the police personnel said they were implementing the anti-terror National Action Plan.

The students were taken to police station and were later released.

The raid and arrests sparked protest from the students. They said that they could not get prepared for the exam scheduled for Monday.

The protesting students accused police party of threatening them in the police station.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.