Director of Punjab Group of Colleges says nothing found on CCTV footage; FIA forms team to probe "disinformation" related to incident.

Students protesting the alleged rape of a Lahore student were dispersed with tear gas, while more than a hundred violent protestors were arrested in Rawalpindi.

Pakistani police clashed with student protesters across multiple cities after reports of an alleged rape at a Lahore college went viral. Violence erupted in Rawalpindi, resulting in the arrest of 250 people.

Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province have shut all schools and universities for two days in an attempt to contain the spread of protests by students over an alleged on-campus rape

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut schools, colleges and universities for two days.

Authorities in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province shut all schools and universities for two days on Friday in an attempt to contain the spread of protests by students over an alleged on-campus rape. The closures in Pakistan's most populous province affect an estimated 18 million students.

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged student protesters, who looted a college building Thursday, as anger spread over the alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut schools, colleges and universities for two days.

Punjab authorities also ban gatherings as hundreds are arrested while protesting reports of a rape on a college campus.

On Monday (Oct 14), several students gathered outside four campuses of the Punjab Group of Colleges in Lahore to protest over the alleged rape of a student form Lahore Women's College. The news soon spread on social media and protests broke out in four more cities of Punjab Province.