The Express Tribune

Pakistani-born Canadian writer Tarek Fatah was assaulted by university students after making controversial comments during a planned talk at Punjab university.According to the Indian Express, Fatah had been invited by the Panjab University for an informal talk on Balochistan. The writer’s statements during the conversation hurt the sentiments of the students, spiralling the situation out of control.A PhD scholar in geography Gagandeep Singh Dhillon was quoted by the newspaper as saying that Fatah mocked the librarian which sparked an argument.He then allegedly called names to other students during the argument. Fatah allegedly also told Dhillon that he was a ‘Khalistani’.While he called another student from Kargil ‘Pakistani terrorist’ and ‘ anti-national’. Fatah, on the other hand, blamed the Congress Party’s youth wing for the ‘planned attack’.Published in, December 5, 2016.