Student organisations 'clash' at Punjab University.

LAHORE -- In the latest episode of violence at an educational institution, a clash took place between two student organisations at the University of Punjab, the Lahore police said Wednesday, resulting in the closure of the varsity.

During the scuffle, the groups also resorted to aerial firing and stone pelting in one of the country's biggest universities, the police said, while the number of students injured in the clash could not be ascertained.

The police added that at least 47 students involved in the firing on university premises, including one identified as Haseeb, have been arrested.

The law enforcers had rushed to the educational institute after Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Additional IG Bilal Siddique Kamyana took notice.

The incident comes just days after the country's top-ranked Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) was shut down this week for an indefinite period following a clash between two student...