Pakistan: University student accuses two teachers of sexual assault, blackmail

The News International reported on Tuesday that two physics instructors at Ghazi University in Pakistan’s Punjab province’s Dera Ghazi Khan have been charged with sexually assaulting a young female student. Pakistan’s The News International is an English-language publication. In a widely shared video, the victim girl claimed that the two teachers had kept her in the hostel with them all night.

She added, “Now both the teachers are blackmailing my younger sister”, and added that if the concerned professors are not punished, she would self-immolate.
As per The News International, responding to the accusations against teachers, Ghazi University Spokesperson Shoaib Raza stated that the video being circulated was an old one and that action was taken on the victim’s complaint.
It is also reported that a post on the university’s Twitter handle read: “Regarding the viral video by a female student on social media, all people are informed that this video is 4 months old and an inquiry was conducted on the request of the female student, as a result of which the concerned teachers were suspended.”

The post also included a picture of a notification dated May 5, 2023, announcing the suspension of the two professors, Dr. Zafar Wazir and Dr. Khalid Mehmood Ur Rehman, according to The News International. The statement went on to say: “These few university teachers, against whom inquiries are ongoing in the university for malpractice cases, are currently using this video statement on social media for their interests. He created this viral video on this particular occasion to damage the university’s reputation.