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Expensive equipment stolen from KU pharmacy dept
Burglars barged into the instrument room of the Department of
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi
(KU), late Monday night and decamped with a High Performance Liquid
Chromatography (HPLC) unit, Scanners, and some other instruments.
The HPLC cost around Rs1.2 million.
In charge of the department, Dr
Fayyaz Vaid, expressed his surprise that the incident could happen
right under the noses of the KU Security and the Rangers. “The bolt
of the locked room was cut by the burglars and the instruments were
carried away. How can they do it when the main gates are guarded 24
hours a day,” Dr Vaid wondered.
The apathy of the KU Security was
evident by their lukewarm attitude. A Security Officer came, spoke
with the teachers and staff of the department and went. Nothing was
done till 2:00 pm when two police personnel from the Mubeena Town
Police station arrived in the department.
Karachi University Teachers Society
Secretary Dr Shakeel Farooqui, who had earlier arrived, objected to
the visit of the police personnel who were supposed to be
accompanied by the KU Security.
“An FIR has been registered and
hopefully there will be some positive development in the case,”
Campus Security Secretary Arman Ahmed told The News.
The News: Wednesday ,June 10,2009 |
