The professor's lawyer Umer Gillani, who is representing him in a case of illegal appointments in the university, said that he would challenge Mushtaq's removal in the high court.
Moreover, in a tweet, he said that the decision to fire him was the revenge of the university's 'dictators' against a 'dissenting professor'.
https://twitter.com/umerijazgilani/status/1422256957050720260?s=20
Last month, a Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) student, who had been lured to visit the university, was raped by the brother of a clerk-turned-resident house tutor (RHT Yousuf Khan, who had occupied the room illegally. Dr. Mushtaq had blown the whistle on the case.