Police conduct search operation in IIUI.

ISLAMABAD -- Local police and other law: enforcing agencies on Sunday conducted search operation in the hostels of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

According to the police, the search operation in the university started in the morning and continued for hours. Six reserves including Counter: Terrorism Force and Anti: Terrorism Squad assisted the police as SP Industrial Area Zubair Ahmed Sheikh, DSP Sabzi Mandi Muhammad Baqir, AC Saddar Gauhar Wazeer, Magistrate Ali Javed and security officer of Islamic University remained present at the spot. Around 30 guards also helped the university administration in the search operation, according to the police sources. They said all hostels were checked and the locked rooms were also checked to find out any arms or literature on extremism. The students' strength in hostel at the time of search operation was around 300/350. Whereas, it should have been 6,000 according to the original strength, said the police sources. Among the 300/350 students, some foreign students were separated and taken care of. Their rooms were not searched by the police, according to the police sources. The police sources said that no violation of law was observed during the search operation.

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