Pakistan police fires tear gas at protesters as anger spreads over alleged on-campus rape - Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — 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 ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape. Tensions have been high on college campuses since reports about the alleged rape in the eastern city of Lahore went viral on social media,

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Protests sparked by an alleged rape incident in Pakistan's Punjab province took a violent turn, resulting in widespread clashes, vandalism, and arson across various cities.

Senior officials of a Pakistan college dismissed claims of a student being raped on campus despite social media reports inciting protests. Punjab College for Women in Lahore was accused, but no evidence or victim has surfaced.