Protest at Islamabad varsity turns ugly after clash between uniformed individual, students

Protest at Islamabad varsity turns ugly after clash between uniformed individual, students.

Key points

• News Desk Published August 24, 2026 Updated August 24, 2026 06: 48pm.
• The Pakistan Army's foremost priority is to maintain a strict system of discipline and ensure justice.
• A video shared widely on social media of the incident demonstrates a uniformed individual approaching a group of young men.
• After which a scuffle breaks out, the video indicated the suspect hitting an individual with a stick and exchanging heated words with gathered protestors.
• In a afterwards video, a senior Islamabad police official can be seen addressing the students.

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Notably, a security official is in custody and facing disciplinary action under military law after reports of a scuffle at Islamabad's Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUSIT), sources involved in the investigation stated late Monday.

Notably, the individual allegedly discharged a weapon during a scuffle with protestors at the university's Chattha Bakhtawar campus, where students had been agitating against the dismissal of a senior official and other varsity-related problems.

For context, a video shared widely on social media of the incident demonstrates a uniformed individual approaching a group of young men. This person are reportedly SUSIT students. He is accompanied by a woman. This person is remarked to be a university official.

After which a scuffle breaks out, the video indicated the suspect hitting an individual with a stick and exchanging heated words with gathered protestors. After which he draws a pistol and points it at the crowd, an angry crowd surrounds the officer, and some individuals appear to assault him.

In practice, the woman accompanying him appears to try to stop him, but the man then points the weapon into the air and discharges it, at which a number of police officers approach and encircle him.

In a afterwards video, a senior Islamabad police official can be seen addressing the students. The individual was escorted out of the university by police, the police officer notes, assuring that he will be dealt with strictly and swiftly under the army's disciplinary procedures.

"The Pakistan Army's foremost priority is to maintain a strict system of discipline and ensure justice. Further action will be taken in light of the findings of the inquiry, " sources privy to the matter remarked.

No official statement has been issued by the police, security forces or university yet.

For now, protest at Islamabad varsity turns ugly after clash between uniformed individual, students remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.