National January 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party Thursday strongly denounced assault on students in Lahore and called for early release of arrested student. Former Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said baton charge and arrest of the students in Lahore by Punjab police is strongly condemned. In a statement, he said students protesting against matters relating to academics have been charged under various provisions of Pakistan Penal Code and section 16 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960. He said that this act of Punjab government against the peaceful students is not new as in the past also the student have been charged under 124-A of the PPC for sedition. Mian Raza Rabbani said Professor Ammar Ali Jan was demonstrating for academic freedom was kidnapped and subsequently released on public pressure.