LAHORE Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has stated that no leniency would be shown to the elements who indulge in character assassination of faculty members and want to make the subcontinents premier seat of higher learning as a den of their illegal activities. He was addressing a joint meeting of PU chairmen, directors and principals held in the Al-Raazi Hall New Campus here on Tuesday. The Vice-Chancellor offered sincere thanks to the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for the arrest of three out of four accused who carried out attack on Prof Iftikhar Baloch. He said the police had been extending full cooperation to varsity administration. The VC said only 65 students had been expelled during the last over two years in the light of disciplinary committee recommendations after conducting impartial inquiry proceedings. He said those who had demonstrated good behaviour had also been provided relief to save their academic future. The present administration had no prejudice against any particular students group while the varsitys performance in academic and research fields had been far better and praise-worthy as compared to the previous administrations. He said elements who were bent upon destroying academic peace were the real enemies of education. The VC said in addition to 30 guards, the new chief security officer had also been appointed. The security force along with police had been strictly instructed to effectively check the distribution of handbills after Juma prayers in the Jamia Mosque which contain baseless allegations against faculty members. He also impressed upon the departmental chairmen, hostel wardens and superintendents to carry out their official duties honestly to run the university affairs on positive lines. They were also directed to make sure that the students invariably display the varsity ID card on the campus. Later, the faculty members noted with satisfaction that the tutorial activities had restarted afresh and loss of studies caused due to boycott would be covered in due course of time. The meeting was informed that PU transport fleet would start plying from New Campus to the different points at 4:30 pm instead of previous 4:15pm while the same departure timings would also be observed on every Saturday, already declared as a working day. It was also decided that keeping in view the existing crisis in energy sector, optimal savings in the use of electricity and water would be made from now onwards, while air conditioners would not be switched on before 11:00am in the offices.