Panjab University today witnessed one of the largest and most unprecedented student mobilisations in recent memory. The agitation only intensified, with thousands of students — supported by politicians, farmers, Nihangs and leaders from social, religious and civil society groups — staging continuous protests across the campus against the Centre’s move on restructuring of the Senate and Syndicate.

PU remained under an extraordinary security blanket, with sealed gates, barricaded borders and traffic diversions that caused major inconvenience across neighbouring sectors.

The Tribune broke the story about the intended overhaul of the university, triggering cascading political reactions and campus unrest.

By early morning, the university had turned into a near-fortified zone. Police lines st

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